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Harlequin sandperch

Characteristics

  • Recorded in sandy-rubble and adjacent habitats.
  • More often encountered in offshore islands in this survey, such as in the Ninepin Group.

Description

  • Body reddish.
  • Several white blotches from a broken stripe running along the body. Stripe sometimes appears continuous rather than broken.
  • A few dark stripes visible on the lower lip.
  • Several blue stripes around the head. Stripes sometimes appear sharp blue, and sometimes appear whitish.

Common Name: Harlequin sandperch, Harlequin sandsmelt

Family Common Name: Sandperches

Family: Pinguipedidae

Scientific Name: Parapercis maculata___(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Genus: Parapercis

Maximum Length: 20 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Harlequin sandperch

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