Temperate Perch
Bostockia
Coreoperca
Edelia
Gadopsis
Guyu
Maccullochella
Macquaria
Nannatherina
Nannoperca
Percichthys
Siniperca
The members of Percichthyidae family are known as the temperate perches. They belong to the Order Perciformes or perch-like fishes.
The name Percichthyidae derives from the Ancient Greek words Perca for 'perch' and ichthyos for 'fish' and translated basically means perch-like fishes.
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