WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Blacktail Grubfish

Parapercis queenslandica

Also known as: Grubfish, Queensland Sandperch, Sandsmelt, Spotted Grubfish, Spotted Weever, Weever, Weeverfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
Adult
@KitBrennan · Cod Hole - Great Barrier Reef, Australia · July 20091 / 11
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, over gravel bottoms, between corals and reef patches, close to rock and rubble areas, of seaward reefs.

Sandperches live in the sand under solid pieces of reef, a single dominant male lives with a small harem of females. Not a very shy fish, is happy to sit and watch the world go by!

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
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LIVES IN

Found singly or in small schools, over gravel bottoms, between corals and reef patches, close to rock and rubble areas, of seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 11

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyPinguipedidae
    6. genusParapercis
    7. speciesParapercis queenslandica Imamura & Yoshino, 2007

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    More in the family

    Sandperches (Pinguipedidae)