Biology:Parapercis robinsoni
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Short description: Species of fish
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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. robinsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Parapercis robinsoni Fowler, 1929
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Parapercis robinsoni, the smallscale grubfish, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to South Africa and north to Pakistan. This species can reach a length of 30.0 centimetres (11.8 in) TL. [1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of John Benjamin Romer Robinson (1869–1949), a South African attorney & a businessman.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parapercis robinsoni" 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/.
- Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Mugiloididae. p. 739-741. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Wikidata ☰ Q631204 entry
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