Parapercis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species (89): P. albipinna – P. albiventer – P. alboguttata – P. algrahami – P. allporti – P. altipinnis – P. annamalai – P. atlantica – P. aurantiaca – P. australis – P. banoni – P. basimaculata – P. bicoloripes – P. bimacula – P. binivirgata – P. biordinis – P. caudopellucida – P. cephalopunctata – P. clathrata – P. colemani – P. colias – P. compressa – P. cylindrica – P. decemfasciata – P. diagonalis – P. diplospilus – P. dockinsi – P. filamentosa – P. flavescens – P. flavipinna – P. flavolabiata – P. flavolineata – P. fuscolineata – P. gilliesii – P. haackei – P. hexophtalma – P. hoi – P. imamurai – P. johnsoni – P. kamoharai – P. katoi – P. kentingensis – P. lata – P. lineopunctata – P. lutevittata – P. macrophthalma – P. maculata – P. maramara – P. maritzi – P. millepunctata – P. moki – P. multifasciata – P. multiplicata – P. muronis – P. natator – P. nebulosa – P. nigrodorsalis – P. okamurai – P. ommatura – P. pacifica – P. phenax – P. pogonoskii – P. pulchella – P. punctata – P. punctulata – P. quadrispinosa – P. queenslandica – P. ramsayi – P. randalli – P. robinsoni – P. roseoviridis – P. rubricaudalis – P. rubromaculata – P. rufa – P. sagma – P. schauinslandii – P. sexfasciata – P. sexlorata – P. shaoi – P. signata – P. simulata – P. snyderi – P. soliorta – P. somaliensis – P. stricticeps – P. striolata – P. tetracantha – P. vittafrons – P. xanthogramma – P. xanthozona
Name

Parapercis Bleeker, 1863: 236

Type species: Sciaena cylindrica Bloch, 1792. Type by monotypy.
Synonyms

Chilias Ogilby, 1910: 40
Neopercis Steindachner in Steindachner & Döderlein, 1884: 212
Osurus Jordan & Evermann, 1903: 206
Parapercichthys Whitley & Phillipps, 1939: 235
Percis Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 179

References

Bleeker, P. 1863. Onzième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'île de Ternate. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 1: 228–238.
Ho, H-C. 2015. Description of a new species and redescriptions of two rare species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the tropical Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 3999(2): 255–271. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.5. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Ho, H-C. & van Haden, M. 2017. A new species of the sandperch genus Parapercis from the Philippines (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 4341(4): 563–569. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.7. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2010. Parapercis randalli, a new sandperch (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 2690: 58–67. Preview Reference page.
Ho, H.-C. & Johnson, J.W. 2013. Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3620(2): 273–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.2.5 Reference page.
Johnson, J.W. 2006. Two new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from north-eastern Australia, and rediscovery of Parapercis colemani Randall & Francis, 1993. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63(1): 47–56. BHL Reference page.
Johnson, J.W. & Motomura, H. 2017. Five new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from southeast Asia and northwest Australia. Zootaxa 4320(1): 121–145. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.7. Reference page.
Johnson, J.W. & Wilmer, J.W. 2018. Three new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) and first records of P. muronis (Tanaka, 1918) and P. rubromaculata Ho, Chang & Shao, 2012 from Australia. Zootaxa 4388(2): 151–181. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.1 Reference page.
Liao, Y.-C., Cheng, T.-Y. & Shao, K.-T. 2011. Parapercis lutevittata, a new cryptic species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae), from the western Pacific based on morphological evidence and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 2867: 32–42. Preview (PDF).
Randall, J.E. 1984. Two new Indo-Pacific mugiloidid fishes of the genus Parapercis. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, 7 (12): 41–49.
Randall, J.E. 2003. Review of the sandperches of the Parapercis cylindrica complex (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), with description of two new species from the western Pacific. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 72: 1–19. PDF.
Randall, J.E. & McCosker, J.E., 2002. Parapercis lata, a new species of sandperch (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the central Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53(8): 87–93.
Randall, J.E. & Yamanaka, T. 2006. Parapercis phenax from Japan and P. banoni from the southeast Atlantic, new species of pinguipedid fishes previously identified as P. roseoviridis. Zoological Studies 45(1): 1–10.
Yamanaka, T., Imamura, H. & Yoshino, T. 2011. Taxonomic status of Parapercis elongata (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae), with comments on its authorship. Zootaxa 3131: 63–68. Preview (PDF). PDF.
Schultz, L.P. 1968. Four new fishes of the genus Parapercis with notes on other species from the Indo-Pacific area (Family Mugiloididae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 124(3636): 1–16.

Parapercis is a genus of sandperches belonging to the fish family Pinguipedidae.
Species
Parapercis hexophtalma
Parapercis snyderi
Parapercis roseoviridis

There are currently 79 recognized species in this genus:

Parapercis albipinna J. E. Randall, 2008
Parapercis albiventer H.-C. Ho, Heemstra & Imamura, 2014 (Whitebelly sandperch) [1]
Parapercis alboguttata (Günther, 1872) (Whitespot sandsmelt)
Parapercis allporti Günther, 1876 (Barred grubfish)
Parapercis atlantica (Vaillant, 1887)
Parapercis aurantiaca Döderlein (de), 1884
Parapercis australis J. E. Randall, 2003
Parapercis banoni J. E. Randall & Yamakawa, 2006
Parapercis basimaculata J. E. Randall, Senou & Yoshino, 2008
Parapercis bicoloripes Prokofiev, 2010
Parapercis bimacula G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Redbar sandperch)
Parapercis binivirgata (Waite, 1904) (Redbanded weever)
Parapercis biordinis G. R. Allen, 1976
Parapercis clathrata W. Ogilby, 1910 (Latticed sandperch)
Parapercis colemani J. E. Randall & Francis, 1993
Parapercis colias (Forster, 1801) (New Zealand blue cod)
Parapercis compressa J. E. Randall, 2008
Parapercis cylindrica (Bloch, 1792) (Cylindrical sandperch)
Parapercis decemfasciata (V. Franz, 1910)
Parapercis diagonalis J. E. Randall, 2008 (Diagonal sandperch)
Parapercis diplospilus M. F. Gomon, 1980 (Doublespot grubfish)
Parapercis dockinsi J. E. McCosker, 1971
Parapercis dongshaensis I. S. Chen, T. H. Tsai & S. L. Hsu, 2014 [2]
Parapercis filamentosa (Steindachner, 1878) (Threadfin sandperch)
Parapercis flavescens Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 [3]
Parapercis flavolabiata J. W. Johnson, 2006 (Yellowlip grubfish)
Parapercis flavolineata J. E. Randall, 2008 (Yellowline sandperch)
Parapercis fuscolineata Fourmanoir, 1985 [3]
Parapercis gilliesii F. W. Hutton, 1879 (Yellow weaver)
Parapercis haackei Steindachner, 1884 (Wavy grubfish)
Parapercis hexophtalma G. Cuvier, 1829 (Speckled sandperch)
Parapercis johnsoni H. C. Ho, 2015 (Polynesian sandperch) [3]
Parapercis kamoharai L. P. Schultz, 1966
Parapercis katoi J. E. Randall, Senou & Yoshino, 2008
Parapercis kentingensis H.-C. Ho, C. H. Chang & K. T. Shao, 2012 (Kenting sandperch)
Parapercis lata J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 2002 (Y-barred sandperch)
Parapercis lineopunctata J. E. Randall, 2003 (Nosestripe sandperch)
Parapercis lutevittata Y. C. Liao, T. Y. Cheng & K. T. Shao, 2011 (Yellow-striped sandperch)
Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) (Narrow barred grubfish)
Parapercis maculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Harlequin sandperch)
Parapercis maramara Sparks & Z. H. Baldwin, 2012
Parapercis maritzi M. E. Anderson, 1992
Parapercis millepunctata Günther, 1860 (Black dotted sandperch)
Parapercis moki H.-C. Ho & J. W. Johnson, 2013 (Mok's sandperch) [4]
Parapercis multifasciata Döderlein (de), 1884 (Gold-birdled sandsmelt)
Parapercis multiplicata J. E. Randall, 1984 (Redbarred sandperch)
Parapercis muronis (S. Tanaka (I), 1918)
Parapercis natator J. E. Randall, Senou & Yoshino, 2008
Parapercis nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Barred sandperch)
Parapercis nigrodorsalis J. W. Johnson, Struthers & Worthington Wilmer, 2014 (Blackfin sandperch) [5]
Parapercis okamurai Kamohara, 1960 (Yellow sandperch) [6]
Parapercis ommatura D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Parapercis pacifica Imamura & Yoshino, 2007
Parapercis phenax J. E. Randall & Yamakawa, 2006
Parapercis pulchella (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Harlequin sandsmelt)
Parapercis punctata G. Cuvier, 1829
Parapercis punctulata G. Cuvier, 1829 (Spotted sandperch)
Parapercis queenslandica Imamura & Yoshino, 2007
Parapercis ramsayi Steindachner, 1883 (Spotted grubfish)
Parapercis randalli H.-C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2010
Parapercis robinsoni Fowler, 1929 (Smallscale grubfish)
Parapercis roseoviridis (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
Parapercis rubromaculata H.-C. Ho, C. H. Chang & K. T. Shao, 2012 (Redspot sandperch)
Parapercis rufa J. E. Randall, 2001 (Red sandperch)
Parapercis sagma G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Saddled sandperch)
Parapercis schauinslandii Steindachner, 1900 (Redspotted sandperch)
Parapercis sexfasciata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Grub fish)
Parapercis sexlorata J. W. Johnson, 2006 (Sixstrap grubfish)
Parapercis shaoi J. E. Randall, 2008
Parapercis signata J. E. Randall, 1984 (Blackflag sandperch)
Parapercis simulata L. P. Schultz, 1968
Parapercis snyderi D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1905 (U-mark sandperch)
Parapercis somaliensis L. P. Schultz, 1968 (Somali sandperch)
Parapercis stricticeps (De Vis, 1884) (White-streaked grubfish)
Parapercis striolata (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
Parapercis tetracantha (Lacépède, 1802) (Reticulated sandperch)
Parapercis vittafrons J. E. Randall, 2008 (Bandhead sandperch)
Parapercis xanthogramma Imamura & Yoshino, 2007
Parapercis xanthozona (Bleeker, 1849) (Yellowbar sandperch)

References

Ho, H.-C., Heemstra, P.C. & Imamura, H. (2014): A new species of the sandperch genus Parapercis from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa, 3802 (3): 335–345.
Chen, I-S., Tsai, T.-H. & Hsu, S.-L. (2014): A new Parapercis species from the Dongsha Island, South China Sea with comments on a new record from Taiwan. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 21 (Suppl.) [2013]: 230-233.
Ho, H.-C. (2015). "Description of a new species and redescriptions of two rare species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the tropical Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 255–271. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.5. PMID 26623574.
Ho, H.-C. & Johnson, J.W. (2013). "Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3620 (2): 273–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3620.2.5. PMID 26120709.
Johnson, J.W., Struthers, C.D. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2014): Parapercis nigrodorsalis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), a new species of sand-perch from northern New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea and remarks on P. binivirgata (Waite, 1904). Zootaxa, 3856 (4): 484–500.
Ho, H.-C. (2014): Redescription of Parapercis okamurai Kamohara, 1960 (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), based on specimens newly collected from Taiwan and Japan. Zootaxa, 3857 (4): 581–590.