Brazilian flathead
| Brazilian flathead | |
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| A depiction of Percophis brasiliensis in Le Règne Animal (Georges Cuvier). | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Notothenioidei |
| Family: | Percophidae Swainson, 1839[1] |
| Genus: | Percophis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 |
| Species: | P. brasiliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | |
| 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 is considered the most basal member of the Notothenioidei, which also contains the Antarctic icefishes.[4] It occurs in the southwestern Atlantic off the South American coast from southern Brazil to central Argentina.[5] It is fished commercially, and is considered overfished in southern Brazil.[6]
Percophidae was first proposed as a family in 1839 by the English zoologist William Swainson as a subfamily of the Percidae.[7] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classified this family within the order Trachiniformes and included the Bembropinae and Hemerocoetinae within it as subfamilies.[8] However, more recent phylogenetic studies have found such a placement to be paraphyletic, and have recognized it as a monotypic family within the Notothenioidei containing a single species.[3]
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.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the family Percophidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percophis brasiliensis". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ↑ Hirota, Danilo Shoiti; Haimovici, Manuel; Sant'Ana, Rodrigo; Mourato, Bruno Leite; Kikuchi, Eidi; Cardoso, Luís Gustavo (2022-09-01). "Life history, population dynamics and stock assessment of the bycatch species Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis) in southern Brazil". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 55 102597. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102597. ISSN 2352-4855.
- ↑ Swainsom, William (1939). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals, Volume II. London: Spottiswoode & Co. p. 203–205.
- ↑ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 421–427. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
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