| 词条 | Parapercis maculata |
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| image = M.E. Blochii ... Systema ichthyologiae iconibus CX illustratum (Plate 38) (7038502927).jpg | taxon = Parapercis maculata | authority = (Cuvier, 1829)[1] | synonyms = *Percis maculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonyms_ref = [1] }} Parapercis maculata, the harlequin sandperch, is a species of marine bony fish in the family Pinguipedidae, found in shallow waters in the tropical western Indo-Pacific Ocean. DescriptionThe harlequin sandperch grows to a maximum length of {{convert|20|cm|0|abbr=on}}. It is cylindrical at the front but somewhat compressed at the back. The head is large with an oblique mouth and the eyes set near the top. There is a spine on the operculum. The dorsal fin has five spines and twenty-one (occasionally twenty-two) soft rays. The fourth spine is the longest. The anal fin has a single spine and eighteen or nineteen soft rays. The general colour is pale reddish or greyish brown, shading to white on the underparts. There are large irregular reddish-brown blotches on the back, with six distinctive reddish-brown, squarish blotches below the lateral line. The dorsal fin has rows of small orange spots on the soft rays, and the anal fin has rows of white spots. The caudal fin is slightly rounded, the second to fourth rays are a little longer than the others, and the lowest quarter is reddish brown.[2] Distribution and habitatThe harlequin sandperch is native to shallow water in the western Indo-Pacific. Its range includes Zanzibar, India and Sri Lanka.[2] Previously its range extended further east to include Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, but the morphology of the fish in that region was slightly different and they are now recognised as a separate species, Parapercis pulchella.[3] It is found at depths down to about {{convert|25|m|0|abbr=on}} on sandy bottoms in sheltered bays and estuaries.[4] BiologyThe harlequin sandperch is often to be seen resting on the seabed, propped up on its pelvic fins. Like many other members of its genus, it is thought to be a protogynous hermaphrodite, starting adult life as a female and later becoming a male.[2] References1. ^1 {{cite WoRMS |author=Bailly, Nicolas |year=2014 |title=Parapercis maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |id=219149 |accessdate=2015-03-11 }} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2653178}}2. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Randall, John E.|title=Coastal Fishes of Oman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LSuT-3GQL-QC&pg=PA304 |year=1995 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-1808-1|pages=304–305}} 3. ^{{cite journal |author=Randall, John E. |year=2008 |title=Six new sandperches of the genus Parapercis from the western Pacific, with a description of a neotype for P. maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |volume=19 |pages=159–178 |url=http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s19/s19rbz159-178.pdf }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.fishbase.de/summary/Parapercis-maculata.html |title=Parapercis maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801): Harlequin sandperch |publisher=FishBase |accessdate=2015-03-03}} 2 : Pinguipedidae|Fish described in 1801 |
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