Balston's pygmy perch, the Glossary
Balston's pygmy perch (Nannatherina balstoni), also known as Balston's perchlet, or king river perchlet, is a species of temperate perch endemic to Southwest Australia, where it occurs in coastal streams, ponds, lakes, and swamps.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Aquarium, Charles Tate Regan, Cyperaceae, Endemism, Fish measurement, Southwest Australia, Species, Temperate perch.
- Endemic fauna of Southwest Australia
- Percichthyidae
Aquarium
An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.
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Charles Tate Regan
Charles Tate Regan FRS (1 February 1878 – 12 January 1943) was a British ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century.
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Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Fish measurement
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fishery biology.
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Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
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Temperate perch
The members of the family Percichthyidae are known as the temperate perches. Balston's pygmy perch and temperate perch are Percichthyidae.
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See also
Endemic fauna of Southwest Australia
- Anstisia alba
- Anstisia lutea
- Anstisia rosea
- Anstisia vitellina
- Balston's pygmy perch
- Bertmainius tingle
- Black-stripe minnow
- Cherax cainii
- Cherax preissii
- Cherax quinquecarinatus
- Cherax tenuimanus
- Crowned snake
- Engaewa
- Galaxiella munda
- Geocrinia leai
- Gilbert's potoroo
- Honey possum
- Lepidogalaxias
- Metacrinia
- Myobatrachus
- Neopasiphae simplicior
- Nightfish
- Oblong turtle
- Paroplocephalus
- Quokka
- Ruby seadragon
- Sandhill frog
- Spicospina
- Western brush wallaby
- Western galaxias
- Western pygmy perch
- Western quoll
- Western ringtail possum
- Western swamp turtle
Percichthyidae
- Balston's pygmy perch
- Bloomfield River cod
- Brisbane River cod
- Gadopsis
- Maccullochella
- Macquaria
- Nannoperca
- Nightfish
- Percichthys
- Percichthys melanops
- Temperate perch
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balston's_pygmy_perch
Also known as Balston's perchlet, King river perchlet, Nannatherina, Nannatherina balstoni, Nannoperca balstoni.