Parapercis sagma Allen & Erdmann 2012

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 250

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5581726

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1577035E-80FD-FF5E-EDFC-CEBE1ADB0FF4

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Parapercis sagma Allen & Erdmann 2012
status

 

Parapercis sagma Allen & Erdmann 2012 View in CoL —Saddled sandperch

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11314 (1 specimen, 58.8 mm SL, St. CP 4490-15, off northwest side of New Hanover).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: West Papua ( Indonesia) and Vanuatu. Found on sand or rubble bottoms near coral or rocky reefs, 55–120 m depth. Marine.

Remarks. This specimen represents a new record from Papua New Guinea and a new depth record, as the species was previously known only from depths of 55–80 m depth.

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