Parapercis okamurai | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachiniformes |
Family: | Pinguipedidae |
Genus: | Parapercis |
Species: | P. okamurai
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Binomial name | |
Parapercis okamurai
Kamohara, 1960
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Parapercis okamurai, the yellow sandperch, is a species of fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found off Taiwan and Japan.
Parapercis okamurai can reach a standard length of 13.0 centimetres (5.1 in). [1]
The fish is named in honor of Osama Okamura, of Kyoto University in Japan, who helped collect the type specimen with fellow graduate student Kunio Amaoka. [2]