Balston's Pygmy Perch
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The balston's pygmy perch (Nannatherina balstoni) is a species of perch
-like fish in the Percichthyidae family.
It is found only in Australia
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Perch
Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek perke meaning spotted, and the...
-like fish in the Percichthyidae family.
It is found only in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Nannatherina balstoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.