Parapercis ramsayi

Parapercis ramsayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. ramsayi
Binomial name
Parapercis ramsayi Steindachner, 1883

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.

Description

Parapercis ramsayi reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in). ^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named almost certainly in honour of zoologist Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842–1916), the Curator of the Australian Museum. ^[2]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis ramsayi". 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. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

• May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986. Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p.
• Spotted Grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi (Steindachner 1883) @ fishesofaustralia.net.au