The New Zealand blue cod is a temperate marine fish of the family Pinguipedidae. It is also known by its Māori names, rāwaru, pākirikiri and patutuki, and by its other names in English, Boston blue cod, New Zealand cod or sand perch.
The sandperches are a family, Pinguipedidae, of fishes in the percomorph order Trachiniformes. Sandperches are benthic fish which normally occur over sand or rubble substrates in shallow seas. They are found off the coasts of South America, South Africa and in the Indo-Pacific as far east as Japan. The family contains a few species which are used by humans for food.
Coastal fish, also called inshore fish or neritic fish, inhabit the sea between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf. Since the continental shelf is usually less than 200 metres (660 ft) deep, it follows that pelagic coastal fish are generally epipelagic fish, inhabiting the sunlit epipelagic zone. Coastal fish can be contrasted with oceanic fish or offshore fish, which inhabit the deep seas beyond the continental shelves.
Parapercis is a genus of sandperches belonging to the fish family Pinguipedidae.
Parapercis hexophtalma, the speckled sandperch, is a species of marine bony fish in the family Pinguipedidae, found in the western Indo-Pacific Ocean. It was first described by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1829. There are several synonyms, some of which represent misspellings of the original name, and others which were given to female fish, at the time thought to be a separate species.
Parapercis maculata, the harlequin sandperch, is a species of marine bony fish in the family Pinguipedidae, found in shallow waters in the tropical western Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Parapercis schauinslandii, commonly known as redspotted sandperch, lyretail grubfish or flagfin weever, is a species of marine fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a member of the sandperch family Pinguipedidae, form the percomorph order Trachiniformes.
Parapercis multiplicata, the redbarred sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found Western Pacific, from southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia, east to Pitcairn Island, and west to Western Australia. This species reaches a length of 15 cm (5.9 in).
Parapercis diagonalis, the diagonal sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Indonesia. This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).
Parapercis flavolineata, the yellowline sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Indonesia. This species reaches a length of 14.0 cm (5.5 in).
Parapercis vittafrons, the bandhead sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea. This species reaches a length of 9.0 cm (3.5 in).
Parapercis australis is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia and the island of Tonga. This species reaches a length of 9.2 cm (3.6 in).
Parapercis lineopunctata, the nosestripe sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the islands of Sumatra, Sulawesi, the Philippines, in Australia, on the Great Barrier Reef, the Solomon Islands and remote Lord Howe Island. This species reaches a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).
Parapercis millepunctata, the black dotted sand perch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found throughout the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in).
Parapercis bimacula, the redbar sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found from the Andaman Islands to Indonesia. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in)
Parapercis sagma, the saddled sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found from Indonesia and Vanuatu. This species reaches a length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in)
Parapercis clathrata, the latticed sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. From India and Sri Lanka to Tonga. This species reaches a length of 24.0 cm (9.4 in).
Parapercis xanthozona, the yellowbar sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Fiji. This species reaches a length of 23.0 cm (9.1 in).
Parapercis albiventer, the whitebelly sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from Madagascar, southern Mozambique, Zanzibar and South Africa. This species can reach a length of 11.4 centimetres (4.5 in) TL.
Parapercis nigrodorsalis, the blackfin sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in New Zealand. This species can reach a length of 15.6 centimetres (6.1 in) TL.
