Biology:Parapercis moki
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Pinguipedidae |
| Genus: | Parapercis |
| Species: | P. moki
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| Parapercis moki H. C. Ho & J. W. Johnson, 2013
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Parapercis moki, or Mok's sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Taiwan.[1] This species can reach a length of 10.4 centimetres (4.1 in) TL. [2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Hin-Kiu Mok (b. 1947) of the National Sun Ye-San University in Taiwan.[3]
References
- ↑ Ho, H.-C. and J.W. Johnson, 2013. Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3620(2):273-282.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parapercis moki" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/uranoscopiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q21317682 entry
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