''Percilia irwini'' is a species of

perch Perch is a common name for fish of the genus ''Perca'', freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Percif ...

-like fish in the family

Perciliidae ''Percilia'' is a genus of perch-like fish in the monogeneric family Perciliidae. Species The genus ''Percilia'' currently contains these two species which are endemic to Chile: * ''Percilia gillissi'' Girard, 1855 * ''Percilia irwini'' Eigenma ...

found only in the Malleco and Bio-Bio River basins in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

References

irwini Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1928 Endemic fauna of Chile {{Perciformes-stub