Family Polycentridae - Leaffishes
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Polycentridae
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 4 | Species : 5 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : No
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Primary freshwater
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Distribution: Southern America. Small fishes, reaching about 6-8 cm SL. Dorsal fin has 16-18 spines, 7-13 rays. Anal fin 12-13 spines, 7-14 rays. Lateral line absent. Head and mouth large, the latter extremely protractile. Continuous dorsal fin. Pectorals and soft parts of the dorsal and anal fins are highly transparent and are the only fins that move when approaching prey. Exhibit male parental care of eggs and larvae; egg clutch deposited under leaves of aquatic plants (Monocirrhus) or at the small crevices (Polycentrus). This group has never been thoroughly revised, and it is possible that there are more than one species in each genus.
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Ovalentaria | | | incertae | | | Polycentridae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Polycentridae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1849
acceptedseniororiginal
! Polycentrus schomburgki Müller & Troschel, 1849
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Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
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Polycentrus jundia Coutinho & Wosiacki, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Monocirrhus mimophyllus Eigenmann & Allen, 1921
synonymjuniororiginal
Afronandus sheljuzhkoi (Meinken, 1954)
acceptedseniornew
Nandopsis sheljuzhkoi Meinken, 1954
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