Parapercis pulchella, the harlequin sandsmelt, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, including the shores of Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Pinguipedidae |
| Genus: | Parapercis |
| Species: | P. pulchella
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Description
editParapercis pulchella reaches a total length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2022). "Parapercis pulchella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T75554336A75554343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T75554336A75554343.en. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis pulchella". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- Randall, J.E., 2008. Six new sandperches of the genus Parapercis from the Western Pacific, with description of a neotype for P. maculata (bloch and Schneider). The Raffles Bull. Zool. 19:159-178.
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