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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
South America: Santa Cruz-Chico systems in Argentina.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55324)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anal soft rays: 8 - 11. Differs from its congeners by the dentigerous arm of premaxilla about 1.6-1.9 the height of ascending process (vs. 1.5 or more than 2 times that height), and the following combination of characters: quadrate-mandibular articulation at posterior half of orbit; mouth hypognathous; posterior border of maxilla at about anterior border of pupil, between the posterior border of lachrymal and anterior half of the infraorbital 2; hyoid artery piercing dorsal hypohyal; 3 predorsal bones; one supernumerary spine on first dorsal pterygiophore; 8 trisegmented pterygiophores in dorsal fin; 3rd or 4th dorsal fin spine the longest; anal fin origin slightly behind the origin of rayed portion of dorsal fin; pectoral and pelvic fins of similar length, being 60-75% HL and 70-110% body depth; 15-16 pectoral fin rays; 8-11 anal fin rays; 45-49 caudal fin rays (Ref. 55324).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
López-Arbarello, A., 2004. Taxonomy of the genus Percichthys (Perciformes: Percichthyidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(4):331-350. (Ref. 55324)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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