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 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 diagonalis, the diagonal sandperch, is a ray-finned 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 ray-finned 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 ray-finned 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 ray-finned 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 rufa, the red sandperch, is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Philippines. This species reaches an unknown length.
Parapercis colemani is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found at Norfolk Island.. This species reaches a length of 8.2 cm (3.2 in).
Parapercis lata, the y-barred sandperch, is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Eastern Central Pacific, Kiribati among other locations. This species reaches a length of 21.2 cm (8.3 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 filamentosa, the threadfin sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean including Hainan, China and south to Thailand and Indonesia.
Parapercis randalli is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean near southern Taiwan.
Parapercis albiventer, the whitebelly sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean from Zanzibar and Madagascar to southern Mozambique and South Africa.
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 fuscolineata is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Philippines.
Parapercis flavescens is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in New Caledonia.
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.
