''Percilia'' is a genus of
perch
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-like
ray-finned fish
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in the
monogeneric
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family
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Perciliidae.
Species
The genus ''Percilia'' currently contains these two species which are
endemic
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to Chile:
* ''
Percilia gillissi
''Percilia gillissi'', known as ''carmelita'' in Spanish, is a species of perch-like ray-finned fish in the family Perciliidae found only in central and southern Chile. In Chile it is distributed from the Aconcagua Valley at a latitude of 32° ...
''
Girard, 1855
* ''
Percilia irwini
''Percilia irwini'' is a species of perch-like ray-finned fish in the family Perciliidae found only in the Malleco and Bio-Bio River basins in Chile
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Eigenmann
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* Carl H. Eigenmann (1863–1927), German–American ichthyologist, husband of Rosa Eigenmann
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, 1928
References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Endemic fauna of Chile
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