Redbanded weever

The redbanded weever (Parapercis binivirgata) is a sandperch of the family Pinguipedidae found around Australia and New Zealand at depths between 50 and 440 metres (160 and 1,440 ft).[1][2] Its length is up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in).

Redbanded weever
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species:
P. binivirgata
Binomial name
Parapercis binivirgata
(Waite, 1904)
Synonyms

Neopercis binivirgata Waite, 1904

References

  1. Fetterplace, Lachlan C.; Turnbull, John W.; Knott, Nathan A.; Hardy, Natasha A. (28 August 2018). "Natural History Report. The Devil in the Deep: Expanding the Known Habitat of a Rare and Protected Fish". European Journal of Ecology. 4 (1): 22–29. doi:10.2478/eje-2018-0003.
  2. Fetterplace, LC; Knott, Nathan (2018). "Dataset: Offshore Reef Fishes of South Coast NSW". figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5947012.v1.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Parapercis binivirgata" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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