FB-67640 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67640 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Elacatinus Elacatinus centralis Victor, 2014 Whitebelly sandperch Parapercis xanthozona (non Bleeker, 1849) 2015-03-16 2015-06-11 Ho, H.-C., P.C. Heemstra and H. Imamura0 A new species of the sandperch genus <i>Parapercis</i> from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3):335-345. (Ref. 95986) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67651 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67651 This species is distinguished by the following characters: a bright white ventral surface, without color markings on lower fourth of body; a row of 10 reddish blotches present at vertical through lower half of pectoral-fin base, the lower part of each blotch with a solid black bar ventrally. Further distinguished from its congeners by having the following characters: D V,21; A I,17; pectoral-fin rays 17-18 (mainly 17); front of lower jaw with 3 pairs of enlarged canines; pored lateral line scales 55-59 (mainly 58); total gill rakers 16-19; and a different coloration (having 3 pairs of dark broad bands on upper lip; curved black band on front of underside of chin; medium-sized orange-red irregular spots on entire dorsal surface of head; small irregular spots densely covering nape and dorsal surface of body; row of faint red blotches, on paler background, along body axis; caudal fin with two black longitudinally elongate bars on anterior half, black spots on upper and lower thirds, central third of posterior) (Ref. 95986). Ho, H.-C., P.C. Heemstra and H. Imamura 2014 A new species of the sandperch genus <i>Parapercis</i> from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3):335-345. (Ref. 95986) FB-Morphology-67651 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67651 Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 17; Vertebrae: 30 Ho, H.-C., P.C. Heemstra and H. Imamura 2014 A new species of the sandperch genus <i>Parapercis</i> from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3):335-345. (Ref. 95986) FB-Distribution-67651 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67651 Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, southern Mozambique and South Africa; including Zanzibar. Ho, H.-C., P.C. Heemstra and H. Imamura 2014 A new species of the sandperch genus <i>Parapercis</i> from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3):335-345. (Ref. 95986) FB-Size-67651 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-06 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67651 16.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 95986)); 15.89 cm (female) Ho, H.-C., P.C. Heemstra and H. Imamura 2014 A new species of the sandperch genus <i>Parapercis</i> from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3):335-345. (Ref. 95986) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67651 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-06 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67651 pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 18 - 31 m (Ref. 95986) Ho, H.-C., P.C. Heemstra and H. Imamura 2014 A new species of the sandperch genus <i>Parapercis</i> from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3):335-345. (Ref. 95986)