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Parapercis pacifica

Parapercis pacifica is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Indonesia.

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117 w
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Parapercis pacifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species:
P. pacifica
Binomial name
Parapercis pacifica
Imamura & Yoshino, 2007

Parapercis pacifica is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Indonesia.1

Description

Parapercis pacifica reaches a standard length of 18.6 cm (7.3 in). 2

References

References

  1. Imamura, H. and T. Yoshino, 2007. Three new species of the genus Parapercis from the Western Pacific, with Rediscription of Parapercis hexophtalma (Perciformes:Pinguipedidae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A, Suppl. 1:81-100.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis pacifica". FishBase. February 2018 version.