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Parapercis banoni

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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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Parapercis banoni" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ^ 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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Parapercis banoni: Brief Summary

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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. This species reaches a length of 19.2 cm (7.6 in).

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