Dinopercidae

The Dinopercidae, known commonly as the cavebasses, are a family of marine ray-finned fish from the order Acanthuriformes. They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa.

Genera

There are two genera within the family:

• Centrarchops <small>Fowler, 1923</small>
• Dinoperca <small>Boulenger, 1895</small>

See also

• List of fish families

References

Further reading

• Heemstra, P. C. and T. Hecht. Dinopercidae, a New Family for the Percoid Marine Fish Genera Dinoperca Boulenger and Centrarchops Fowler (Pisces: Perciformes). Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. 1986.