Parapercis albiventer

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 albiventer

Name

Parapercis albiventer H.-C. Ho, Heemstra & Imamura, 2014

• Type locality: 26°53'S, 32°52'E, off Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 18.3 meters.

• Etymology: The specific name, albiventer, is from the Latin for white ventral surface, in reference to the bright white immaculate color on ventral fourth of the body.

• Distribution: The type series was collected from Madagascar, southern Mozambique and South Africa. Literature records for the species (misidentified as P. xanthozona) include Zanzibar (Playfair & Günther, 1867) and South Africa (Heemstra, 1986). Specimens were collected at depths 18.3–31.0 m, mainly at depths less than 30 m.

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.