Parapercis macrophthalma

Parapercis macrophthalma, the narrow barred grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan and Taiwan.

Parapercis macrophthalma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. macrophthalma
Binomial name
Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911)
Synonyms
Neopercis macrophthalma Pietschmann, 1911

Description

Parapercis macrophthalma can reach a total length of 14.0 centimetres (5.5 in).^[1]

Taxonomy

Parapercis macrophthalma was first described by Viktor Pietschmann in 1911 as Neopercis macrophthalma,^[2][3] but in 2013 was assigned to the genus, Parapercis.^[2][4]