Brazilian flathead
| Brazilian flathead | |
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| A depiction of Percophis brasiliensis in Le Règne Animal (Georges Cuvier). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Notothenioidei |
| Family: | Percophidae Swainson, 1839[1] |
| Genus: | Percophis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 |
| Species: | P. brasiliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Percophis brasilianus (Misspelling) | |
The Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis) is a species of ray-finned fish which is the only species of the genus Percophis in the monotypic family Percophidae.[3] It occurs in the south western Atlantic off the South American coast from southern Brazil to central Argentina.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Percophinae Swainson, 1839". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the family Percophidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percophis brasiliensis". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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