Parapercis johnsoni

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Parapercis johnsoni, the Polynesian sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae.{{cite journal |author=Ho, H.-C. | year = 2015 | title = Description of a new species and redescriptions of two rare species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the tropical Pacific Ocean | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3999 | issue = 2 | pages = 255–271 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03999p271.pdf | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.5| pmid = 26623574 }}

Etymology

The fish is named in honour of Jeffrey W. Johnson, of the Queensland Museum in Australia.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/uranoscopiformes/ | title = Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE | access-date= 12 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}}

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Category:Taxa named by Hans Hsuan-Ching Ho

Category:Fish described in 2015

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