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Pinguipedidae (Sandperches)
Etymology: Parapercis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335); albiventer: Name from Latin 'albiventer' meaning white ventral surface, referring to the bright white immaculate color on ventral fourth of the body..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 18 - 31 m (Ref. 95986). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, southern Mozambique and South Africa; including Zanzibar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95986); 15.9 cm (female)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 5;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 21;
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 17;
Vertebrae: 30. 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).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ho, H.-C., P.C. Heemstra and H. Imamura, 2014. A new species of the sandperch genus Parapercis from the western Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae). Zootaxa 3802(3):335-345. (Ref. 95986)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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