Parapercis banoni is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Southeastern Atlantic at a place called the Valdivia Bank.[1] This species reaches a length of 19.2 cm (7.6 in).[2]

Parapercis banoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species:
P. banoni
Binomial name
Parapercis banoni

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of fisheries ecologist Rafael Bañón Diaz (b. 1961), who first reported the species in 2000 and provided specimens and color photographs of the fish.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Randall, J.E. and T. Yamakawa, 2006. Parapercis phenax from Japan and P. banoni from the Southeast Atlantic, new species of Pinguipedid fishes previously identified as P. roseoviridis. Zool. Stud. 45(1):1-10.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis banoni". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 March 2022.