Biology:Parapercis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Parapercis
Pinguipedidae - Parapercis cylindrica.jpg
Parapercis cylindrica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Bleeker, 1863
Type species
Sciaena cylindrica
Bloch, 1792
Synonyms
  • Chilias Ogilby, 1910
  • Neopercis Steindachner, 1884
  • Neosillago Castelnau, 1875
  • Osurus Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  • Percis Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Parapercis is a genus of sandperches belonging to the fish family Pinguipedidae.

Species

Parapercis hexophtalma
Parapercis snyderi
Parapercis roseoviridis

There are currently 79 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Ho, H.-C., Heemstra, P.C. & Imamura, H. (2014): A new species of the sandperch genus Parapercis from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa, 3802 (3): 335–345.
  2. Chen, I-S., Tsai, T.-H. & Hsu, S.-L. (2014): A new Parapercis species from the Dongsha Island, South China Sea with comments on a new record from Taiwan. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 21 (Suppl.) [2013]: 230-233.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ho, H.-C. (2015). "Description of a new species and redescriptions of two rare species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the tropical Pacific Ocean". Zootaxa 3999 (2): 255–271. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.5. PMID 26623574. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03999p271.pdf. 
  4. Ho, H.-C.; Johnson, J.W. (2013). "Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan". Zootaxa 3620 (2): 273–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3620.2.5. PMID 26120709. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03620p282f.pdf. 
  5. Johnson, J.W., Struthers, C.D. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2014): Parapercis nigrodorsalis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), a new species of sand-perch from northern New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea and remarks on P. binivirgata (Waite, 1904). Zootaxa, 3856 (4): 484–500.
  6. Ho, H.-C. (2014): Redescription of Parapercis okamurai Kamohara, 1960 (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), based on specimens newly collected from Taiwan and Japan. Zootaxa, 3857 (4): 581–590.

Wikidata ☰ Q2598041 entry