Nannoperca vittata — wild-caught, King River near Albany, WA — photo © Chris Burridge
Temperate perches (family Percichthyidae) are an Australia-only family ranging from tiny pygmy perches to the continent’s largest freshwater fish, the Murray Cod. You can access species accounts below by clicking on the links in the list of species.
- Bostockia porosa Castelnau, 1873 — Nightfish
- Gadopsis bispinosus Sanger, 1984 — Two-spined Blackfish
- Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848 — River Blackfish
- Maccullochella ikei Rowland, 1986 — Eastern Freshwater Cod
- Maccullochella macquariensis (Cuvier, 1829) — Trout Cod
- Maccullochella mariensis Rowland, 1993 — Mary River Cod
- Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838) — Murray Cod
- Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) — Golden Perch
- Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830 — Macquarie Perch
- Macquaria wujalwujalensis (Pusey & Kennard, 2001)
- Nannatherina balstoni Regan, 1906 — Balston’s Pygmy Perch
- Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861 — Southern Pygmy Perch
- Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872) — Yarra Pygmy Perch
- Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, 1940 — Oxleyan Pygmy Perch
- Nannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams, 2013 — Little Pygmy Perch
- Nannoperca variegata Kuiter & Allen, 1986 — Variegated Pygmy Perch
- Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau, 1873) — Western Pygmy Perch