Parapercis robinsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species:
P. robinsoni
Binomial name
Parapercis robinsoni
Fowler, 1929

Parapercis robinsoni, the smallscale grubfish, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to South Africa and north to Pakistan. This species can reach a length of 30.0 centimetres (11.8 in) TL. [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Benjamin Romer Robinson (1869–1949), a South African attorney & a businessman.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Parapercis robinsoni" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ 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 12 March 2022.