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.
Parapercis is a genus of sandperches belonging to the family Pinguipedidae.
Parapercis hexophtalma, the speckled sandperch, is a species of marine ray-finned 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 ray-finned 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 ray-finned fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a member of the sandperch family Pinguipedidae, form the percomorph order Trachiniformes.
Parapercis alboguttata, the bluenose grubfish, known also as the bluenose sandperch and whitespot sandsmelt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Pinguipedidae, native to the western Indo-Pacific Ocean. It was first described by the German-born, British ichthyologist and zoologist, Albert Günther, in 1872.
Ryukyupercis is a monotypic genus of percomorph fish from the family Pinguipedidae, the sandperches. The only species in the genus, Ryukyupercis gushikeni, the rosy grubfish, is found in the Indo-Pacific from Japan to north western Australia. The generic name is a compound of Ryukyu after the Ryukyu Islands where the type specimen was collected and "percis" a suffix for many of the genera in the Pinguipediae, the specific name honours Mr Soko Gushiken, a who gave the describer of the species, Tetsuo Yoshino, many specimens.
Parapercis multiplicata, the redbarred sandperch, is a ray-finned 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 lineopunctata, the nosestripe sandperch, is a ray-finned 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 clathrata, the latticed sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific Ocean from India and Sri Lanka to Tonga.
Parapercis haackei, the wavy grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Western Australia and South Australia.
Parapercis ramsayi, the spotted grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Western Australia and South Australia.
Parapercis queenslandica is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean from Australia and New Caledonia.
Parapercis xanthozona, the yellowbar sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean from East Africa to Fiji.
Parapercis sexlorata, the sixstrap grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean off Australia.
Parapercis flavolabiata, the yellowlip grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean off north-eastern Australia.
Parapercis striolata is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific Oean from Japan to Australia and in the eastern Indian Ocean from Australia and Indonesia.
Parapercis tetracantha, the reticulated sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Bay of Bengal to seas around Japan and Indonesia throughout the Indo-West Pacific region.
Parapercis nebulosa, the barred sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found off the coast of Australia.
