Parapercis punctata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trachinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species: Parapercis punctata

Name

Parapercis punctata (Cuvier, 1829)

Type locality: type locality unknown (assumed collected from western Indian Ocean).

Distribution: The locality of the holotype is unknown (recorded as western Indian Ocean in the MNHN database). The types of P. guezei and the non-type specimen were collected from off Réunion, the former from a depth of 75 m.

Note: Fricke (1999) mentioned there is another specimen (USNM 276016, 80 mm SL) collected from off Aldabra, Seychelles, at a depth of less than 10 m, however this specimen is identified here as Parapercis punctulata (Cuvier, 1829), based on a series of photos taken by staff in the collection.

Synonyms

• Percis punctata
• Parapercis guezei

References

• Ho, H.-C.; Heemstra, P.C.; Imamura, H. 2014: A new species of the sandperch genus Parapercis from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3): 335–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.3.3 Reference page. 
• Ho, H.-C. 2013: Redescription of Parapercis punctata (Cuvier, 1829) and status of Neosillago Castelnau, 1875 and its type species Neosillago marmorata Castelnau, 1875 (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3736(3): 291–299. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.3.7 Reference page.