Yellow weaver | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Pinguipedidae |
Genus: | Parapercis |
Species: | P. gilliesii |
Binomial name | |
Parapercis gilliesii (Hutton, 1879) | |
Synonyms | |
Percis gilliesiiHutton, 1879 |
The yellow weaver, Parapercis gilliesii, is a sandperch, a species of marine ray-finned fish in the genus Parapercis found only around New Zealand.
The New Zealand blue cod is a temperate marine ray-finned fish of the family Pinguipedidae. It is also known by its Māori names, rāwaru, pākirikiri and patutuki, and by its other names in English, Boston blue cod, New Zealand cod or sand perch.
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.
The redbanded weever is a sandperch of the family Pinguipedidae found around Australia and New Zealand at depths between 50 and 440 metres. Its length is up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in).
Yellow weaver may refer to:
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 snyderi, commonly known as Snyder's grubfish or U-mark sandperch, is a marine ray-finned fish native to the waters off northern Australia and Indonesia. The specific name honours the ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder who collected the type specimen with David Starr Jordan, one of the co-describers of the species, at Nagasaki.
Parapercis schauinslandii, commonly known as redspotted sandperch, lyretail grubfish or flagfin weever, is a species of marine ray-finned fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a member of the sandperch family Pinguipedidae, form the percomorph order Trachiniformes.
Microcotyle constricta is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.
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 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 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 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 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 maritzi is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean off South Africa.
Parapercis nigrodorsalis, the blackfin sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in New Zealand.