Pirate perch

Pirate perch

Taxobox
name = Pirate perch


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Percopsiformes
familia = Aphredoderidae
genus = "Aphredoderus"
genus_authority = Lesueur in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833
species = "A. sayanus"
binomial = "Aphredoderus sayanus"
binomial_authority = (Gilliams, 1824)

The pirate perch, "Aphredoderus sayanus", is a freshwater fish of the Percopsiformes order. This small fish is native to the eastern half of North America. It is dark brown, sometimes with a darker band near the base tail. A unique feature of this fish is the forward placement of its anus, under the head, anterior to the pelvic fins.

Its preferred habitat are backwaters of warm water and little current. The fish was named by Charles C. Abbott on account of the fact that he observed it eating only other fishes.

The pirate perch is related to other trout-perch but only loosely; it is, for example, the only species in its family: Aphredoderidae. The epithet "sayanus" is a tribute to naturalist Thomas Say.

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