Parapercis banoni
| Parapercis banoni | |
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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. banoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Parapercis banoni J. E. Randall & Yamakawa, 2006
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Parapercis banoni is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Southeastern Atlantic at a place called the Valdivia Bank.[1] This species reaches a length of 19.2 cm (7.6 in).[2]
Etymology[edit]
The fish is named in honor of fisheries ecologist Rafael Bañón Diaz (b. 1961), who first reported the species in 2000 and provided specimens and color photographs of the fish.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Randall, J.E. and T. Yamakawa, 2006. Parapercis phenax from Japan and P. banoni from the Southeast Atlantic, new species of Pinguipedid fishes previously identified as P. roseoviridis. Zool. Stud. 45(1):1-10.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Parapercis banoni" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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