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Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier, 1829) 
AphiaID: 219159

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pinguipedidae (Family) > Parapercis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Parapercis Bleeker, 1863
Synonymised
taxa		  Parapercis hexophthalama (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
 Parapercis hexophthalma (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
 Parapercis polyophtalma (Cuvier, 1829)
 Parapercis polyophthalma (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
 Parapercis polyopthalma (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
 Percis hexophtalma Cuvier, 1829
 Percis hexophthalma Cuvier, 1829 (misspelling)
 Percis polyophthalma Cuvier, 1829
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English spotted sandmelt  [details]
English spotted sandperch  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
East Africa [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Found over sandy areas, near rock reefs and corals (Ref. 5213); also over rubble around protected reefs (Ref. 2334). [details]

Remark: In Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1820. <307> [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219159
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier, 1829). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219159 on 2013-05-23
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