Percichthys melanops Girard, 1855
Percichthys melanops
photo by Schöffmann, J.

 Family:  Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)
 Max. size:  20 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  benthopelagic
 Distribution:  South America: Pre-Andean streams of central Chile.
 Diagnosis:  Anal soft rays: 9-11. Distinguished from its congeners by having posterior extremity of maxilla irregularly serrated; opercle, subopercle, interopercle, cleithrum and postcleithrum serrated. Differs further by the following combination of characters: posterior border of maxilla reaching anterior border of orbit; 4 (occasionally 3) predorsal bones; no supernumerary spine on first dorsal pterygiophore; 4th or 5th dorsal fin spine longest; 15-17 pectoral fin rays; 9-11 anal fin rays; 44-48 caudal fin rays; procurrent spur absent (Ref. 55324).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Palomares, Maria Lourdes D. - 09.06.94
 Modified by: Torres, Armi G. - 13.09.05
 Checked by: Palomares, Maria Lourdes D. - 01.09.94

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