Parapercis snyderi

Snyder's grubfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. snyderi
Binomial name
Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks, 1905

Parapercis snyderi, commonly known as Snyder's grubfish or U-mark sandperch, is a marine ray-finned fish native to the waters off northern Australia and Indonesia.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder who collected the type specimen with David Starr Jordan, one of the co-describers of the species, at Nagasaki.[3]

References

1. Williams, J.T. (2022). "Parapercis snyderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T69545360A69545754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T69545360A69545754.en. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis snyderi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
3. Jordan, D. S. & E. C. Starks (1905). "On a collection of fishes made in Korea, by Pierre Louis Jouy, with descriptions of new species" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 28 (1391): 193–212. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.28-1391.193. (See Pierre Louis Jouy.)

External links

• Photos of Parapercis snyderi on Sealife Collection
• Parapercis snider @ fishesofaustralia.net.au