Percidae

The Percidae are a family of ray-finned fish, part of the order Perciformes, which are found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The majority are Nearctic, but there are also Palearctic species. The family contains nearly 250 species in 12 genera. The perches and their relatives are in this family; well-known species include the walleye, sauger, ruffe, and three species of perch. However, small fish known as darters are also a part of this family.

Percidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
perchPBDB
Sits inside
PercoideiPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Perciformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Perciformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Perciformes
Environment
freshwaterPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 51 million years on record.

The record covers at least 51.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 64 occurrencesEocene — about 14 of 64 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 3 of 64 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 26 of 64 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 8 of 64 occurrencesPleistocene — about 8 of 64 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 1 occurrence53–51 Mya — about 1 occurrence51–50 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 3 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 3 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 3 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 1 occurrence38–36 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 5 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 6 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 7 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 6 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 4 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 5 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 13 occurrences51.1 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

64 occurrences of Percidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

64 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

10 formations

Miretrain Marl — 43.56°N, 1.11°WVolhyn Beds — 50.70°N, 27.00°EGreen River — 41.77°N, 110.75°WGreen River — 41.87°N, 110.68°WCromer Forest Bed — 52.94°N, 1.25°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.42°N, 1.72°EAral — 50.30°N, 57.18°EReuver clay — 50.90°N, 6.45°EKingsdown — 37.04°N, 100.50°WKhapry — 47.24°N, 39.71°EKuyal'nikian — 46.46°N, 30.73°EDonzacq Marl — 43.75°N, 0.84°W

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The named rock units Percidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 37 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Percidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Percidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

769 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 41 sites for Percidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

22 references

Each of the 64 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 10 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Percidae

Credit
Originally uploaded to English Wikipedia by en:User:Hadal
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cuvier 1816