Parapercis banoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
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]