''Parapercis millepunctata'', the black dotted sand perch, is a

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 ...

species 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 throughout the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. This species reaches a length of .

References

*Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. * Thousand-spot Grubfish, Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860) @ fishesofaustralia.net.au
/small> millepunctata Taxa named by Albert Günther Fish described in 1860 {{Pinguipedidae-stub