Parapercis banoni

Parapercis banoni is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Southeastern Atlantic at a place called the Valdivia Bank.^[1] This species reaches a length of 19.2 cm (7.6 in).^[2]

Parapercis banoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. banoni
Binomial name
Parapercis banoni J. E. Randall & Yamakawa, 2006

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of fisheries ecologist Rafael Bañón Diaz (b. 1961), who first reported the species in 2000 and provided specimens and color photographs of the fish.^[3]