Parapercis tetracantha

Species of fish

Parapercis tetracantha

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. tetracantha
Binomial name
*Parapercis tetracantha* (Lacépède, 1802)
Synonyms
Labrus tetracanthus Lacepède, 1801 Percis cancellata Cuvier, 1816 Parapercis cancellata (Cuvier, 1816)

Parapercis tetracantha, the reticulated sandperch, is a species of fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Bay of Bengal to seas around Japan and Indonesia throughout the Indo-West Pacific region.

Description

Parapercis tetracantha can reach a total length of 26.0 centimetres (10.2 in).^[2]

References

^ Williams, J.T. (2022). "Parapercis tetracantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T69545393A69545759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T69545393A69545759.en. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis tetracantha". FishBase. June 2013 version.

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p.

Taxon identifiers
Parapercis tetracantha	Wikidata: Q6405591 AFD: Parapercis_tetracanthus BOLD: 203203 CoL: 4D7NQ FishBase: 6674 GBIF: 5209998 iNaturalist: 196573 ITIS: 170983 IUCN: 69545393 NCBI: 1522412 Observation.org: 596841 OBIS: 367286 Open Tree of Life: 3635206 WoRMS: 277019