Biology:Parapercis kamoharai

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Short description: Species of fish

Parapercis kamoharai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species:
P. kamoharai
Binomial name
Parapercis kamoharai
L. P. Schultz, 1966

Parapercis kamoharai is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. This species reaches a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in). [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Toshiji Kamohara (1901-1972), of the Kochi University.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Parapercis kamoharai" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  2. "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/. 
  • Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).

Wikidata ☰ Q3562634 entry