''Parapercis johnsoni'', the Polynesian sandperch, is a species of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
in the
sandperch
The sandperches are a family, Pinguipedidae, of ray-finned fishes in the percomorph order Labriformes. Sandperches are benthic fish which normally occur over sand or rubble substrates in shallow seas. They are found off the coasts of South Ame ...
family, Pinguipedidae.
Etymology
The fish is named in honour of
Jeffrey W. Johnson, of the Queensland Museum in Australia.
References
johnsoni
Taxa named by Hans Hsuan-Ching Ho
Fish described in 2015
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