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| Dinoperca petersi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 |
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The Dinopercidae, known commonly as the cavebasses, are a family of marine ray-finned fish from the order Acanthuriformes. They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa.
Genera
There are two genera within the family:
- Centrarchops Fowler, 1923
- Dinoperca Boulenger, 1895
See also
References
- Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Dinopercidae". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification - California Academy of Sciences". www.calacademy.org. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
Further reading
- Heemstra, P. C. and T. Hecht. Dinopercidae, a New Family for the Percoid Marine Fish Genera Dinoperca Boulenger and Centrarchops Fowler (Pisces: Perciformes). Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. 1986.
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