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Parapercis australis Randall, 2003

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Common names: Southern grubfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality: Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, One Tree Island, rubble and sand bottom next to lagoon patch reef in 3 m, BPBM 14484 (holotype of Parapercis australis, 8.48 cm SL, female). Lord Howe island, QLD; Lizard island to Escape Reef, Great Barrier Reef, QLD (Ref. 75154).
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Main Ref: Randall, J.E., 2003
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Common names from other countries

Southern grubfish, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Pinguipedidae (Sandperches)
Etymology: Parapercis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335);  australis: Named for its southern distribution, south of 14° south latitude..
  More on author: Randall.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 1 - 82 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 1°N - 38°S, 129°E - 172°W

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Western Central Pacific: Queensland, Australia (Ref. 54621) and Tonga (Ref. 53797).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.2 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 57562)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 5; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 20 - 21; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 1; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 17. D V,20-21 (rarely 20); A I,17; 14-16 (rarely 14 or 16) pectoral rays; 48-59 lateral-line scales; 3-4 + 6-8 gill rakers; 5-6 predorsal scales; ctenoid scales on cheek; front of lower jaw with 10 canine teeth; vomerine teeth in a broad chevron pattern; with palatine teeth; upper edge of subopercle with a prominent sharp spine; posterior edge of preopercle sometimes slightly irregular or partially finally serrate; body depth 4.35-4.9 in SL (20.5-23.0% SL); middle dorsal spine longest, 9.5-10.6% SL; membrane from last dorsal spine joined to base of first soft ray; slightly rounded caudal fin, 22.9-24.0% SL; color pattern essentially similar to Parapercis cylindrica except that the caudal fin is not yellow (Ref. 57562).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Type specimen collected from a depth of 3 m (Ref. 53797).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

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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. (Ref. 57562)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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