Parapercis kamoharai

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Parapercis kamoharai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species:
P. kamoharai
Binomial name
Parapercis kamoharai

Parapercis kamoharai is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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Description

Parapercis kamoharai reaches a standard length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in). [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Toshiji Kamohara (1901-1972), of the Kochi University. [2]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis kamoharai". FishBase . February 2018 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 March 2022.