Prolatilus

Prolatilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Prolatilus; Gill, 1865
Species:	P. jugularis
Binomial name
	Prolatilus jugularis; Valenciennes, 1833
Synonyms
	Latilus jugularis Valenciennes, 1833; Parapercis chilensis Norman, 1937; Porteridia chilensis (Norman, 1937);

Prolatilus is a monotypic genus of labriform ray-finned fish from the family Pinguipedidae. The only species in the genus, Prolatilus jugularis, the Pacific sandperch, is found in the south eastern Pacific of the coast of Peru and Chile. It occurs over rocky and sandy bottoms and feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes and small fish.² This species is considered to be good quality food fish and is commercially exploited.³

References

Nicolas Bailly, ed. (2014). "Prolatilus Gill, 1865". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Prolatilus jugularis". FishBase. February 2018 version.
Ierecê L. Rosa & Ricardo S. Rosa (1997). "Systematic revision of the South American species of Pinguipedidae (Teleostei, Trachinoidei)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 14 (4): 845–865. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751997000400009.

[WoRMS-1] Nicolas Bailly, ed. (2014). "Prolatilus Gill, 1865". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Prolatilus jugularis". FishBase. February 2018 version.

[Rosa-3] Ierecê L. Rosa & Ricardo S. Rosa (1997). "Systematic revision of the South American species of Pinguipedidae (Teleostei, Trachinoidei)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 14 (4): 845–865. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751997000400009.

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