Parapercis maritzi

Parapercis maritzi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. maritzi
Binomial name
	Parapercis maritzi; M. E. Anderson, 1992

Parapercis maritzi is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in South African part of the Indian Ocean.[1] This species can reach a length of 11.4 centimetres (4.5 in) TL. [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Willie Maritz, the Curator of the East London Aquarium in South Africa.[3]

References

Anderson, M.E., 1992. A new sandperch, Parapercis maritzi (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae), from South Africa. S. Afr. J. Zool. 27(4):151-155.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Parapercis maritzi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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 13 March 2022.

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[1] Anderson, M.E., 1992. A new sandperch, Parapercis maritzi (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae), from South Africa. S. Afr. J. Zool. 27(4):151-155.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Parapercis maritzi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] 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 13 March 2022.