Percilia gillissi

Percilia gillissi, known as carmelita in Spanish, is a species of perch-like fish in the family Perciliidae found only in central and southern Chile.^[2] In Chile it is distributed from the Aconcagua Valley at a latitude of 32°S to the Los Lagos Region at 41°S where it is found in the cool temperatures, high oxygen levels, and fast, turbulent, swift flows of the rithron zone where it feeds on benthic invertebrates. They spawn in the southern spring and summer, starting in October with many juveniles being recorded in mid summer. Most of the juveniles attain maturity before the next summer.^[3] It attains a maximum total length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in).^[2]

Percilia gillissi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Perciliidae
Genus:	Percilia
Species:	P. gillissi
Binomial name
Percilia gillissi Girard, 1855
Synonyms[2]
Percilia gracilis Philippi, 1866

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Percilia gillissi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16583A6143462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16583A6143462.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percilia gillissi". FishBase. December 2019 version.
3. Gustavo Chiang; Kelly R. Munkittrick; Mark E. McMaster; et al. (2012). "Seasonal changes in oocyte development, growth and population size distribution of Percilia gillissi and Trichomycterus areolatus in the Itata basin, Chile". Gayana (Concepción). 76 (2): 131–141. doi:10.4067/S0717-65382012000300006.