''Parapercis kamoharai'' 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. It is found in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Description

''Parapercis kamoharai'' reaches a

standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is ...

of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist

Toshiji Kamohara Toshiji is a masculine Japanese name, Japanese given name. Written forms Toshiji can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *敏次, "agile, next" *敏二, "agile, two" *敏治, "agile, to manage/cure" *敏 ...

(1901-1972), of the Kochi University.

References

*Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). kamoharai Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz Fish described in 1966 {{Pinguipedidae-stub