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Percalates colonorum (Günther, 1863)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Percalates colonorum (Günther, 1863)
Name authority
(Günther, 1863)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Centrarchiformes
Family
Percichthyidae
Genus
Percalates
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCentrarchiformes
  11. familyPercichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890
  12. genusPercalates Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887
  13. speciesPercalates colonorum (Günther, 1863)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 24 records assigned to Percichthyidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Lates curtus Castelnau, 1875 Castelnau, 1875synonym
Lates victoriae Castelnau, 1872 Castelnau, 1872synonym
Macquaria colonorum (Günther, 1863) (Günther, 1863)synonym
Dules novemaculeatus alta Klunzinger, 1872 Klunzinger, 1872synonym
Lates antarcticus Castelnau, 1872 Castelnau, 1872synonym
Lates colonorum Günther, 1863 Günther, 1863synonym
Lates ramsayi MacLeay, 1881 MacLeay, 1881synonym
Dules novemaculeatus var. alta Klunzinger, 1872 Klunzinger, 1872synonym

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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=320151 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:773PY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.