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Nannoperca
Photos by Jim Owens Western pygmy perch (N. vittata) male (top) and female (bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Percichthyidae
Genus:	Nannoperca Günther, 1861
Type species
Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861
Synonyms
Microperca Castelnau, 1872 Paradules Klunzinger, 1872 Edelia Castelnau, 1873 Percamia Bleeker, 1876

Nannoperca or pygmy perch is a genus of temperate perches endemic to freshwater systems of Australia.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861 (Southern pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872) (Yarra pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, 1940 (Oxleyan pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca pygmaea D. L. Morgan, Beatty & M. Adams, 2013 (little pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca variegata Kuiter & G. R. Allen, 1986 (golden pygmy perch)
• Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau, 1873) (western pygmy perch)
• Balston's pygmy perch, previously Nannoperca balstoni, has now been renamed Nannatherina balstoni.

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nannoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nannoperca". FishBase. February 2014 version.
4. Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Balston's Pygmy Perch, Nannatherina balstoni Regan 1906". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

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