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Little pygmy perch

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Species of ray-finned fish

Little pygmy perch
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Percichthyidae
Genus: Nannoperca
Species: N. pygmaea
Binomial name
Nannoperca pygmaea
D. L. Morgan, Beatty & M. Adams, 2013

The little pygmy perch (Nannoperca pygmaea) is a freshwater species of ray finned fish, a temperate perch from the family Percichthyidae that is endemic to south-western Western Australia. It is known from just four sites in the Denmark catchment. It is found in tannin stained, acidic and shallow streams in woodland dominated by Melaleuca rhaphiophylla.

References

  1. ^ Beatty, S.; Morgan, D.L. (2019). "Nannoperca pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T122906197A123382291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T122906197A123382291.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Little Pygmy Perch, Nannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams 2013". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannoperca pygmea". FishBase. December 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Nannoperca pygmaea


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