Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Speckled Sandperch
Parapercis hexophtalma
Speckled Sandperch
Category: Sandperches
Scientific Name: Parapercis hexophtalma
Size: Up to 9 in. (23 cm)  
Depth: 15-100 ft. (5-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Uranoscopoidei (Suborder)
      └Pinguipedidae (Family) Sandperches
       └Parapercis (Genus)
        └P. hexophtalma (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219159🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196574🔗

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