Snyder's Grubfish, Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks 1905
Other Names: Blackfin Sandperch, Snyder's Sandperch, U-mark Sandperch, U-marked Sandperch
A Dotlined Grubfish, Parapercis lineopunctata, at Pidgin Point, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Source: Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Field Guide http://lifg.australianmuseum.net.au/Hierarchy.html. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A sandperch with 5-7 U-shaped saddles along the back, 8-10 bars along the lower side, and a large blotch on the first dorsal fin.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2020, Parapercis snyderi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2587
Snyder's Grubfish, Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks 1905
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Distribution |
Monte Bello Islands to off the Kimberley, Western Australia, and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-West Pacific. |
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Biology |
A monandric protogynous hermaphrodite with all individuals maturing first as female and later changing sex to become male. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder, who collected type specimen with David Starr Jordan. |
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Species Citation |
Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks, 1905, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 28(1391): 210, fig. 10. Type locality: Korea. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Snyder's Grubfish, Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks 1905
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Jordan, D.S. & Starks, E.C. 1905. On a collection of fishes made in Korea by Pierre Louis Jouy, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1391): 193-211. See ref at BHL
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls.
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. ( p. 324 as undescribed species)
Ohnishi, N., Yanagisawa, Y. & Kohda, M. 1997. Sneaking by harem masters of the sandperch, Parapercis snyderi. Environmental Biology of Fishes 50: 217-223.
Randall, J.E. 2001. Pinguipedidae. pp. 3501-3510 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Randall, J.E. 2003. Review of the sandperches of the Parapercis cylindrica complex (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), with description of two new species from the western Pacific. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 72: 1-19.
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.
Walker, S.P.W., Ryen, C.A. & McCormick, M.I. 2007. Rapid larval growth predisposes sex change and sexual size dimorphism in a protogynous hermaphrodite, Parapercis snyderi Jordan and Starks, 1905. Journal of Fish Biology 71: 1347-1357 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01595.x
