Pinguipedidae

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
Genera (7): Kochichthys – Parapercis – Pinguipes – Prolatilus – Pseudopercis – Ryukyupercis – Simipercis
References

Imamura, H.; Matsuura, K. 2003: Redefinition and phylogenetic relationships of the family Pinguipedidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological research, 50: 259–269. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-003-0167-5
Imamura, H. & Odani, K. 2012. An overview of the phylogenetic relationships of the suborder Trachinoidei (Acanthomorpha: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, published online: 24 August 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s10228-012-0304-0 Reference page.
Imamura, H.; Yoshino, T. 2007: Ryukyupercis, a new genus of pinguipedid fish for the species Parapercis gushikeni (Teleostei: Perciformes) based on the phylogenetic relationships of the family. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (14 ): 93–100. PDF
Johnson, J.W.; Randall, J.E. 2006: Simipercis trispinosa, a new genus and species of sandperch (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 63: 57–64.
Roberts, C.D.; Paulin, C.D.; Stewart, A.L.; McPhee, R.P.; McDowall, R.M. (compilers) 2009: Checklist of New Zealand Chordata: living lancelets, jawless fishes, cartilaginous fishes, and bony fishes. Pp. 527-536 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8
Rosa, I.L.; Rosa, R.S. 1997: Systematic revision of the South American species of Pinguipedidae (Teleostei, Trachinoidei). Revista brasileira de zoologia, 14: 845–865. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751997000400009

Links

Genera of Pinguipedidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Pinguipedidae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Vernacular names
čeština: Písečníkovití
English: sandperches, weevers
français: Pinguipédidés

The sandperches are a family, Pinguipedidae, of fishes in the percomorph order Trachiniformes. Sandperches are benthic fish which normally occur over sand or rubble substrates in shallow seas. They are found off the coasts of South America, South Africa and in the Indo-Pacific as far east as Japan. The family contains a few species which are used by humans for food.
Characteristics

Some sandperches resemble wrasse in that they possess long dorsal and anal fins which may have a few spines and enlarged lips that appear to curl back with big canine teeth in the front of the jaws. They have elongated bodies which are flattened posteriorly and cylindrical towards the head. The body usually patterned with spots and bands, The eyes are positioned near top of head. They are relatively small in size, normally 60–90 centimetres (24–35 in) in length. These fish tend to sit on the sea bed, their bodies propped up by the widely separated pelvic fins. Some of the members of the speciose genus Parapercis, maybe all of them, are sequential hermaphrodites, all being female at sexual maturity and later changing into males which frequently have significantly different colourings and markings.[2] [3]
Genera

The family Pinguipedidae contains seven genera with a total of 65 species. The genera are:[1]

Kochichthys Kamohara, 1961
Parapercis Bleeker, 1863
Pinguipes Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
Prolatilus Gill, 1865
Pseudopercis Miranda Ribeiro, 1903
Ryukyupercis Imamura & Yoshino, 2007.[4]
Simipercis Johnson & Randall 2006.

Timeline
References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pinguipedidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
"Pinguipedidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 March 2006.

Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Pinguipedidae Günther, 1860". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
Randall, John E. (1995). Coastal Fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8248-1808-1.
"Perciform Fish Form and Function". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
Imamura & Yoshino (2007). "Ryukyupercis, a new genus of pinguipedid fish for the species Parapercis gushikeni (Teleostei: Perciformes) based on the phylogenetic relationships of the family". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl 14: 94ff.