Parapercis ramsayi
Parapercis ramsayi, the spotted grubfish, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean around southern Western Australia and South Australia. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[1]
| Parapercis ramsayi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Pinguipedidae |
| Genus: | Parapercis |
| Species: | P. ramsayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Parapercis ramsayi Steindachner, 1883 | |
Etymology
The fish is named almost certainly in honor of zoologist Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842-1916), the Curator of the Australian Museum.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Parapercis ramsayi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- 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 9 March 2022.
- May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986. Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p.
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