Nannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams, 2013
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The little pygmy perch (Nannoperca pygmaea) is a freshwater species of ray finned fish, a temperate perch from the family Percichthyidae that is endemic to south-western Western Australia. It is known from just four sites in the Denmark catchment. It is found in tannin stained, acidic and shallow streams in woodland dominated by Melaleuca rhaphiophylla.
Wikipedia contributors, Little pygmy perch; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:16:34.552966+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams, 2013
- Name authority
- Morgan, Beatty & Adams, 2013
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Percichthyidae
- Genus
- Nannoperca
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyPercichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890
- genusNannoperca Günther, 1861
- speciesNannoperca pygmaea Morgan, Beatty & Adams, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nannoperca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Nannoperca australis Günther, 1861 | PercichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau, 1873) | PercichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxleyan pygmy perchNannoperca oxleyana Whitley, 1940 | PercichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| golden pygmy perchNannoperca variegata Kuiter & Allen, 1986 | PercichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Morgan, D. L., Beatty, S. J., & Adams, M. (2013). Nannoperca pygmaea, a new species of pygmy perch (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) from Western Australia. Zootaxa, 3637. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3637.4.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:45MLC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.