| Family: |
Percichthyidae (Temperate perches) |
| Max. size: |
20 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| 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: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 01 August 1996 Ref. (126983)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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