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Parapercis katoi

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Parapercis katoi is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan.[1] This species reaches a length of 17.7 cm (7.0 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Kenji Kato, of the Tokyo Metropolitan Fisheries Experiment Station, who caught the holotype in 1991 with hook and line and provided color photographs of the live fish.[3]

References

  1. ^ Randall, J.E., H. Senou and T. Yoshino, 2008. Three new pinguipedid fishes of the genus Parapercis from Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A. Suppl. 2:69-84.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Parapercis katoi" 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 katoi: Brief Summary

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Parapercis katoi is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan. This species reaches a length of 17.7 cm (7.0 in).

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