Prolatilus

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Speciesbox | image = Blanquillo.png | taxon = Prolatilus jugularis |parent_authority = Gill, 1865 | authority = Valenciennes, 1833<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS|title=Prolatilus Gill, 1865|id=270524|editor=Nicolas Bailly|year=2014|db+FishBase|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Latilus jugularis'' Valenciennes, 1833 *''Parapercis chilensis'' Norman, 1937 *''Porteridia chilensis'' (Norman, 1937) | synonyms_ref = <ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Prolatilus|jugularis|month=February|year=2018}}</ref> }}

'''''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.<ref name = FishBase/> This species is considered to be good quality food fish and is commercially exploited.<ref name = Rosa>{{cite journal | author1 = Ierecê L. Rosa | author2 = Ricardo S. Rosa | name-list-style = amp | year = 1997 | title = Systematic revision of the South American species of Pinguipedidae (Teleostei, Trachinoidei) | journal = Revista Brasileira de Zoologia | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 845–865 | doi = 10.1590/S0101-81751997000400009 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

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Category:Pinguipedidae Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera Category:Fish described in 1833