Parapercis queenslandica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Pinguipedidae |
Genus: | Parapercis |
Species: | P. queenslandica |
Binomial name | |
Parapercis queenslandica | |
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. [2]
Parapercis queenslandica reaches a standard length of 20.8 cm (8.2 in). [3]
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 cylindrica, the cylindrical sandperch, is a species of sandperch belonging to the family Pinguipedidae.
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.
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 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 katoi is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan. This species reaches a length of 17.7 cm (7.0 in).
Parapercis natator is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan. This species reaches a length of 8.9 cm (3.5 in).
Parapercis somaliensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.
Parapercis pacifica is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Indonesia.
Parapercis xanthogramma is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the central Pacific Ocean including Fiji, Western Samoa and Tonga.
Parapercis pulchella, the harlequin sandsmelt, is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, including the shores of Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Parapercis sexfasciata, the grub fish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan and Indonesia.
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 fuscolineata is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Philippines.
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.
Parapercis decemfasciata is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean from southern Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.