Dinopercidae

Dinoperca petersi

The column or cave perch ( Dinopercidae ) are a small, consisting of only two species of grouper family relatives ( Percomorphaceae ).

Features

The fish have a continuous dorsal fin, which is supported 9-11 hard and 18 to 20 soft rays. The anal fin has 3 hard - and 12 to 14 soft rays. The caudal fin closes straight. The lower jaw protrudes. The Supramaxillare, a bone of the upper jaw is very large. The frontal bone has a central ridge. The Vorkiemendeckel ( Preoperculum ) serrate, the operculum bears two spines. There are 7 Reuse gill rays. Three pairs of muscles are connected to the large swim bladder. The fish have 26 vertebrae.

Species

  • Centrarchops chapini ( Fowler, 1923) is 30 inches long and lives near the coast in the south Atlantic, off the coast of Angola and at the mouth of the Congo.
  • Dinoperca petersi ( Day, 1875) is 75 inches long and lives in the western Indian Ocean off the coast of Pakistan, southern Oman, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa.
Acanthomorpha Fish fin Henry Weed Fowler Congo River Joseph S. Nelson FishBase
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