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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Pinguipedidae (Sandperches)
Etymology: Parapercis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 12 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal to Japan and Indonesia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42740)

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Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-21; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17. Body with 3 longitudinal series of large whitish spot, the dark grey-brown interspace a coarse reticulum. A dark grey-brown band from nape to interopercle containing a black ring just above gill opening. A broad dark grey-brown bar below eye. On each side of abdomen with 3 black spots (Ref 42740).

Found solitary or in small groups (Ref. 90102) commonly on deep coastal slopes, from the shallow rocky shore to the deep soft bottom zones (Ref. 48636).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Collaborators

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 April 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Parapercis tetracantha (Lacepède, 1801)