Salmon perch
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| McCulloch , 1929 | ||||||||||||
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| Arripis | ||||||||||||
| Jenyns , 1840 |
The salmon perch ( Arripis ) are a genus of perch relatives (Percomorphaceae). They stand alone in the monogenic family Arripidae, some authors also write Arripididae. As the fish reminded the first European settlers of European salmon , they were called Australian Salmon. There is no relationship to the salmon. The fish are marine and live in the southwestern Pacific in the area of South Australia , New Zealand , Lord Howe Island , the Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands . They live in shallow water near the coast, often over Neptune grasses ( Posidonia ), and also go into the brackish water of the estuaries. Salmon bass feed on smaller fish and pelagic crustaceans . They are popular fishing fish.
features
Salmon perch grow to be 41 to 96 centimeters long. Their dorsal fin is long and supported by nine hard rays and 13 to 19 soft rays. The anal fin located far back is always shorter than the soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin and has three hard and nine to ten soft rays. The caudal fin is forked. Salmon perch are silvery gray-blue in color, the underside is light.
species
- Arripis georgianus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
- Arripis trutta (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Arripis truttacea (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
- Arripis xylabion Paulin, 1993
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ et al. 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
Web links
- Salmon perch on Fishbase.org (English)