Sandperch

Sandperches
Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophtalma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Trachinoidei
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genera

Kochichthys
Parapercis
Pinguipes
Prolatilus
Pseudopercis
Ryukyupercis
Simipercis
See text for species.

The sandperches are a family, Pinguipedidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.

Species

There are 65 species in seven genera:

References

  1. ^ Prokofiev, A. M. (2010). "Two New Species of Fishes from Families Muraenidae (Anguilliformes) and Mugiloididae (Perciformes) from the Waters of Vietnam". Journal of Ichthyology 50 (8): 580–589. doi:10.1134/S0032945210080023. http://www.maik.rssi.ru/abstract/ichth/10/ichth8_10p580abs.htm. 
  2. ^ a b Johnson (2006). "Two new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from north-eastern Australia, and rediscovery of Parapercis colemani Randall & Francis, 1993". Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (1): 47–56. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930153620/http%3A//www.museum.vic.gov.au/memoirs/docs/63_1_Johnson.pdf. 
  3. ^ Liao, Y.-C., Cheng, T.-Y., & Shao, K.-T. (2011). "Parapercis lutevittata, a new cryptic species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae), from the western Pacific based on morphological evidence and DNA barcoding." Zootaxa 2867: 32-42.
  4. ^ Ho; Shao (2010). "Parapercis randalli, a new sandperch (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Southern Taiwan". Zootaxa 2690: 59–67. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02690p067f.pdf. 
  5. ^ 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.. 
  6. ^ Johnson & Randall (2006). "Simipercis trispinosa, a new genus and species of sandperch (Perciformes:Pinguipedidae) from eastern Australia". Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (1): 57–64. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930153527/http%3A//www.museum.vic.gov.au/memoirs/docs/63_1_Johnson_Randall.pdf.