Misplaced Pages

Balston's pygmy perch
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Percichthyidae
Genus:	Nannatherina Regan, 1906
Species:	N. balstoni
Binomial name
Nannatherina balstoni Regan, 1906

Balston's pygmy perch (Nannatherina balstoni), also known as Balston's perchlet, or king river perchlet, is a species of temperate perch endemic to Southwest Australia, where it occurs in coastal streams, ponds, lakes, and swamps. It prefers shallow, acidic waters with patches of sedge growth. This species can reach 9 cm (3.5 in) SL, though most do not exceed 6 cm (2.4 in). It can also be found in the aquarium trade.

References

1. Morgan, D.L. & Beatty, S. (2019). "Nannatherina balstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14320A123378416. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T14320A123378416.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nannatherina balstoni". FishBase. February 2014 version.

This Centrarchiformes-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• IUCN Red List endangered species
• Percichthyidae
• Fish described in 1906
• Endemic fauna of Southwest Australia
• Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan
• Centrarchiformes stubs