Parapercis okamurai
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of fish
| Parapercis okamurai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Pinguipedidae |
| Genus: | Parapercis |
| Species: | P. okamurai
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| Binomial name | |
| Parapercis okamurai Kamohara, 1960
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Parapercis okamurai, the yellow sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Taiwan and Japan. This species can reach a length of 13.0 centimetres (5.1 in) TL. [1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Osama Okamura, of Kyoto University in Japan, who helped collect the type specimen with fellow graduate student Kunio Amaoka.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parapercis okamurai" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/uranoscopiformes/.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3561229 entry
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