Parapercis ramsayi, the spotted grubfish, is a species of fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Western Australia and South Australia.

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

Description

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Parapercis ramsayi reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[1]

Etymology

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The fish is named almost certainly in honour of zoologist Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842-1916), the Curator of the Australian Museum.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Parapercis ramsayi" in FishBase. February 2018 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 9 March 2022.