Parapercis phenax

The Parapercis phenax lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 322 - 600 m environment.

Etymology: This species is named Parapercis phenax from the Greek for imposter, in reference to its resemblance to, and previous misidentification as, P. roseoviridis. Remarks: Marshall (1950) was the first to recognize that a species of Parapercis is sexually dichromatic when he discovered that P. More

Common names

Akaeri-toragisu in Japanese (日本語)

Order : Perciformes
Family : Pinguipedidae
Genus : Parapercis
Species : Parapercis phenax
Authority : Randall & Yamakawa, 2006