Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uranoscopiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Uranoscopiformes

Familia: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species: Parapercis moki

Name

Parapercis moki Ho & Johnson, 2013

  • Holotype (unique): NMMB P0892 (ex NSYU 1943).

Type locality: Chong-Chou, Kaohsiung, southwestern Taiwan, northern South China Sea.

Etymology: The specific name is a patronym and honors Professor Hin-Kiu Mok, National Sun Ye-San University, in recognition of his numerous contributions to fish studies and for providing the holotype for this study.

Vernacular names

English: Mok’s sandperch

References

  • Ho, H.-c.; Johnson, J.W. 2013: Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3620(2): 273–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.2.5 Reference page. 
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