Biology:Parapercis moki

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Parapercis moki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species:
P. moki
Binomial name
Parapercis moki
H. C. Ho & J. W. Johnson, 2013

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

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parapercis moki" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. "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