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Percichthys melanops  Girard, 1855

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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)
Etymology: Percichthys: Greek, perke = perch + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).   More on author: Girard.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Temperate, preferred ?

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South America: Pre-Andean streams of central Chile.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36889)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

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     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Arratia, Gloria | Collaborators

Arratia, G., 2003. Percichthyidae (Temperate basses). p. 596-597. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36889)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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