page_title: Parapercis
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Parapercis / Species
caption_attribution_description: A female Blacktail Grubfish (Parapercis) perched on coral sand. Tracey's Wonderland, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef
context_page_description: Parapercis is a genus of sandperches belonging to the fish family Pinguipedidae.
context_section_description: There are currently 79 recognized species in this genus:
  Parapercis albipinna  J. E. Randall, 2008
  Parapercis albiventer  H. C. Ho., Heemstra	& Imamura, 2014 (Whitebelly sandperch) 
  Parapercis alboguttata Günther, 1872 (Whitespot sandsmelt)
  Parapercis allporti Günther, 1876 (Barred grubfish)
  Parapercis atlantica Vaillant, 1887
  Parapercis aurantiaca Döderlein (de), 1884
  Parapercis australis J. E. Randall, 2003
  Parapercis banoni J. E. Randall & Yamakawa, 2006
  Parapercis basimaculata J. E. Randall, Senou & Yoshino, 2008
  Parapercis bicoloripes Prokofiev, 2010
  Parapercis bimacula G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Redbar sandperch)
  Parapercis binivirgata Waite, 1904 (Redbanded weever)
  Parapercis biordinis G. R. Allen, 1976
  Parapercis clathrata W. Ogilby, 1910 (Latticed sandperch)
  Parapercis colemani J. E. Randall & Francis, 1993
  Parapercis colias Forster, 1801 (New Zealand blue cod)
  Parapercis compressa J. E. Randall, 2008
  Parapercis cylindrica Bloch, 1792 (Cylindrical sandperch)
  Parapercis decemfasciata V. Franz, 1910
  Parapercis diagonalis J. E. Randall, 2008 (Diagonal sandperch)
  Parapercis diplospilus M. F. Gomon, 1980 (Doublespot grubfish)
  Parapercis dockinsi J. E. McCosker, 1971
  Parapercis dongshaensis I. S. Chen, T. H. Tsai & S. L. Hsu, 2014 
  Parapercis filamentosa Steindachner, 1878 (Threadfin sandperch)
  Parapercis flavescens Foumanoir & Rivaton, 1979 
  Parapercis flavolabiata J. W. Johnson, 2006 (Yellowlip grubfish)
  Parapercis flavolineata J. E. Randall, 2008 (Yellowline sandperch)
  Parapercis fuscolineata Foumanoir, 1985 
  Parapercis gilliesii F. W. Hutton, 1879 (Yellow weaver)
  Parapercis haackei Steindachner, 1884 (Wavy grubfish)
  Parapercis hexophtalma G. Cuvier, 1829 (Speckled sandperch)
  Parapercis johnsoni H. C. Ho, 2015 (Polynesian sandperch) 
  Parapercis kamoharai L. P. Schultz, 1966
  Parapercis katoi J. E. Randall, Senou & Yoshino, 2008
  Parapercis kentingensis H. C. Ho, C. H. Chang & K. T. Shao, 2012 (Kenting sandperch)
  Parapercis lata J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 2002 (Y-barred sandperch)
  Parapercis lineopunctata J. E. Randall, 2003 (Nosestripe sandperch)
  Parapercis lutevittata Y. C. Liao, T. Y. Cheng & K. T. Shao, 2011 (Yellow-striped sandperch)
  Parapercis macrophthalma Pietschmann, 1911 (Narrow barred grubfish)
  Parapercis maculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Harlequin sandperch)
  Parapercis maramara Sparks & Z. H. Baldwin, 2012
  Parapercis maritzi M. E. Anderson, 1992
  Parapercis millepunctata Günther, 1860 (Black dotted sandperch)
  Parapercis moki H. C. Ho & J. W. Johnson, 2013 (Mok's sandperch) 
  Parapercis multifasciata Döderlein (de), 1884 (Gold-birdled sandsmelt)
  Parapercis multiplicata J. E. Randall, 1984 (Redbarred sandperch)
  Parapercis muronis S. Tanaka (I), 1918
  Parapercis natator J. E. Randall, Senou & Yoshino, 2008
  Parapercis nebulosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Barred sandperch)
  Parapercis nigrodorsalis J. W. Johnson,  Struthers & Worthington Wilmer, 2014 (Blackfin sandperch) 
  Parapercis okamurai Kamohara, 1960 (Yellow sandperch) 
  Parapercis ommatura D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  Parapercis pacifica Imamura & Yoshino, 2007
  Parapercis phenax J. E. Randall & Yamakawa, 2006
  Parapercis pulchella Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Harlequin sandsmelt)
  Parapercis punctata G. Cuvier, 1829
  Parapercis punctulata G. Cuvier, 1829 (Spotted sandperch)
  Parapercis queenslandica Imamura & Yoshino, 2007
  Parapercis ramsayi Steindachner, 1883 (Spotted grubfish)
  Parapercis randalli H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2010
  Parapercis robinsoni Fowler, 1929 (Smallscale grubfish)
  Parapercis roseoviridis C. H. Gilbert, 1905
  Parapercis rubromaculata H. C. Ho, C. H. Chang & K. T. Shao, 2012 (Redspot sandperch)
  Parapercis rufa J. E. Randall, 2001 (Red sandperch)
  Parapercis sagma G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Saddled sandperch)
  Parapercis schauinslandii Steindachner, 1900 (Redspotted sandperch)
  Parapercis sexfasciata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Grub fish)
  Parapercis sexlorata J. W. Johnson, 2006 (Sixstrap grubfish)
  Parapercis shaoi J. E. Randall, 2008
  Parapercis signata J. E. Randall, 1984 (Blackflag sandperch)
  Parapercis simulata L. P. Schultz, 1968
  Parapercis snyderi D
caption: Parapercis hexophtalma
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