Parapercis okamurai

Parapercis okamurai, the yellow sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found off Taiwan and Japan.

Parapercis okamurai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. okamurai
Binomial name
Parapercis okamurai Kamohara, 1960

Description

Parapercis okamurai can reach a standard length of 13.0 centimetres (5.1 in).^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Osama Okamura, of Kyoto University in Japan, who helped collect the type specimen with fellow graduate student Kunio Amaoka.^[2]