Parapercis moki
Parapercis moki, also known as Mok's sandperch, is a species of fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean off Taiwan.[1]
| Parapercis moki | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Pinguipedidae |
| Genus: | Parapercis |
| Species: | P. moki |
| Binomial name | |
| Parapercis moki H. C. Ho & J. W. Johnson, 2013 | |
Description
Parapercis moki can reach a standard length of 10.4 centimetres (4.1 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Hin-Kiu Mok (b. 1947) of the National Sun Ye-San University in Taiwan.[3]
References
- Ho, H.-C. and J.W. Johnson, 2013. Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3620(2):273-282.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Parapercis moki" in FishBase. June 2013 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 12 March 2022.
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