Parapercis haackei
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Parapercis haackei, the wavy grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Western Australia and South Australia.
Description
Parapercis haackei reaches a total length of {{convert|10.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Parapercis|species= haackei| month = February | year = 2018}}
Etymology
The fish is named in honour of Johann Wilhelm Haacke (1855-1912), a German zoologist who emigrated to New Zealand and Australia, thus becoming director of the Adelaide Natural History Museum, which provided Steindachner with fishes from the St. Vincent Gulf in South Australia.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/uranoscopiformes/ | title = Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE | access-date= 9 March 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
References
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- May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986. Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p.
- [https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2939 Wavy Grubfish, Parapercis haackei (Steindachner 1884) @ fishesofaustralia.net.au]
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Category:Marine fish of Southern Australia
Category:Marine fish of Western Australia
Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
Category:Fish described in 1884
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