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 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 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 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 allporti, the barred grubfish, is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean, in southern Australia, from South Australia to New South Wales and Tasmania. This species reaches a length of 33.0 cm (13.0 in).
Parapercis punctata is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 14.3 cm (5.6 in).
Parapercis biordinis is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Western Australia and the Philippines.
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 johnsoni, the Polynesian sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae.
Parapercis kentingensis, the Kenting sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in China, Taiwan and Japan.
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 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 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 stricticeps, the white-streaked grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found off eastern Australia.
Parapercis diplospilus, the doublespot grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean: from western Australia to the Indo-Australian archipelago, and the Philippines.
