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分类 / 名称 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Pinguipedidae (Sandperches)
Etymology: Parapercis:Greek, para = the side of + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335); binotata:Name from Latin ' binotata' meaning 'two markings', referring to the diagnostic dark bands
on the cheek and pectoral fins of males; treated as a feminine singular compound adjective.
环境：氛围 / 气候带 / 深度上下限 / 分布范围 生态学
海洋 pelagic-neritic, usually 4 - 8 m (Ref. 116121).
背棘 (总数) : 5; 背的软条 (总数) : 21; 臀棘: 1; 臀鳍软条: 16 - 17. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D V,21; A I,16-17; pectoral-fin rays 14-16; lateral-line scales 46-48; 4 progressively larger, recurved canine teeth on each side at front of lower jaw; ctenoid scales on body except prepelvic area with cycloid scales; opercle and cheek are covered with ctenoid scales; body depth 4.7-5.5 in SL; caudal fin is truncate to slightly rounded; pelvic fins reaching beyond the anal-fin origin; colour of head and body generally white with 7-8 short brown bars on back, above lateral line and lower side with corresponding narrow yellow-orange to brown bars; adult has conspicuous black band on rear edge of cheek and short black band on lower pectoral-fin rays; females have a curved black band under eye along lower edge of suborbital (Ref. 116121). Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
This species lives in a relatively unusual habitat, consisting of a nearly enclosed, narrow, dead-end lagoon, with a gradually sloping, white sand bottom with scattered, mainly low-profile, coral formations, occurring as solitary individuals (Ref. 116121).
Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2017. A new species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae) from the Solomon Islands. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 27:8-19. (Ref. 116121)
世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
