Polycentridae

Monocirrhus polyacanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Series: Percomorpha Cladus: Ovalentaria

Familia: Polycentridae
Genera (4): Afronandus – Monocirrhus – Polycentropsis – Polycentrus

Name

Polycentridae Günther, 1861

• Type genus: Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849

References

• Günther, A. 1861: Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. London. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. BHL
• Kullander, S.O. & Britz, R. 2002: Revision of the family Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with description of a new genus and ten new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 13:295-372.

Links

• Polycentridae Report on ITIS
• Polycentridae in the World Register of Marine Species
• Polycentridae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2013). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 10/2012. (included genera out of date)
• Genera of Polycentridae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2013). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Vielstachler
English: Leaffishes
galego: Policéntridos
Nederlands: Veelstekelbaarzen
norsk bokmål: Bladfisker
português: Peixe-folha
ไทย: วงศ์ปลาใบไม้อเมริกาใต้

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