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Percopsiformes

[pər‚käp·sə′fȯr‚mēz]
(vertebrate zoology)
A small order of actinopterygian fishes characterized by single, ray-supported dorsal and anal fins and a subabdominal pelvic fin with three to eight soft rays.
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Noteworthy trematode (Digenea) parasites of the pirate perch, Apherododerus sayanus (Percopsiformes: Aphredoderidae), from Southeastern Oklahoma.
Metazoarios parasitos de Micropterus salmoides (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) de reservorios de Nuevo Leon, Mexico y su asociacion con el factor de condicion y sexo
Order Percopsiformes Family Aphredoderidae--Pirate Perches 1 species Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams, 1824).
Annotated checklist and distribution of New Jersey freshwater fishes, with comments on abundance
Ishawytscha (Walbaum), chinook salmon NW Salmo salar Linnaeus, Atlantic salmon NW trout (pirate perch) Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams), pirate perch N, SW Family Amblyopsidae (cavefish) Amblyopsis spelaea (DeKay), northern cavefish S Typhilchthys subterraneus Girard, southern cavefish S Order Percopsiformes Family Percopsidae (trout-perch) Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum), trout-perch NW, S Order Gadiformes (cod) Family Lotidae (freshwater cod) Lota lota (Linnaeus), burbot NW, WE Order Cyprinodonitiformes (topminnows, silversides) Family Fundulidae (topminnows) Fundulus catenatus (Storer), northern studfish C F.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana
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