Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks, 1905 is a animal in the Pinguipedidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks, 1905

Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks, 1905

Parapercis snyderi is a marine ray-finned fish native to waters off northern Australia and Indonesia, commonly called Snyder's grubfish or U-mark sandperch.

Family
Genus
Parapercis
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks, 1905

Parapercis snyderi, commonly known as Snyder's grubfish or U-mark sandperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish. This species is native to the waters off northern Australia and Indonesia. Its scientific binomial name Parapercis snyderi was published by Jordan & Starks in 1905. The specific epithet snyderi honours ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder, who collected the species' type specimen alongside David Starr Jordan, one of the co-describers of this species, at Nagasaki.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Pinguipedidae Parapercis

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