Spothead Grubfish, Parapercis clathrata Ogilby 1910
Other Names: False-eye Grubfish, False-eyed Grubfish, Latticed Sand Perch, Latticed Sandperch, Ocellate Weaver, Ogilby's Grubfish
A male Spothead Grubfish, Parapercis clathrata, at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution
Summary:
A grubfish with a dark wavy line along the upper side separating a pale brown back from the whitish midsection, 9-10 reddish-brown vertical bars with black centres along the lower sides, a row of small blackish spots on the outer third of the anal fin, a white blotch through the middle of the caudal fin, an orange chin, and fine black spots on the cheek.
Males have a distinct ocellus above the gill opening, while females and juveniles have a much smaller, diffuse and less conspicuous spot rather than an ocellus. Juveniles also have a patch of small spots on the cheek that usually remains in adults.
Males have a distinct ocellus above the gill opening, while females and juveniles have a much smaller, diffuse and less conspicuous spot rather than an ocellus. Juveniles also have a patch of small spots on the cheek that usually remains in adults.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Parapercis clathrata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/521
Spothead Grubfish, Parapercis clathrata Ogilby 1910
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Distribution |
Off Carnavon and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, to the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and from the Torres Strait Islands and far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to at least Nelson Bay, New South Wales; also at Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, East Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits open sandy, rubble and rocky areas in clear lagoons and seaward reefs. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin IV-V (usually IV), 20-21; Anal fin I, 17; Pectoral fin 17; Gill rakers 5-8 + 10-12 = 16-20; Lateral line pores 57-60; Vomerine teeth rows 3–5. |
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Colour |
Body pale brown above with rows of small irregular dark spots, whitish along midsides and below; 10 reddish-brown vertical bars with black centres on lower sides; suborbital with several much larger diffuse dark brown spots and blotches; males with a black ocellus above the gillopening; females and juveniles with a much smaller, diffuse and less conspicuous spot rather than an ocellus. Caudal fin: a relatively well-defined white blotch through the middle of the caudal fin, solid black blotches extending from the base of caudal fin posteriorly along both the upper and lower edges of the central white area, sometimes also transversely across middle of fin, and posterior margin of fin not broadly edged with black pigment. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin clathratus (= latticed). |
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Species Citation |
Parapercis clathrata Ogilby, 1910, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld 23(1): 41. (Replacement name for Bodianus tetracanthus Lacepède 1802, secondarily preoccupied in Parapercis by Labrus tetracanthus Lacepède 1801). Type locality: unknown. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Spothead Grubfish, Parapercis clathrata Ogilby 1910
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