Parapercis moki explained

Parapercis moki, also known as Mok's sandperch, is a species of fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean off Taiwan.^[1]

Description

Parapercis moki can reach a standard length of 10.4cm (04.1inches).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Hin-Kiu Mok (b. 1947) of the National Sun Ye-San University in Taiwan.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Ho, H.-C. and J.W. Johnson, 2013. Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3620(2):273-282.
2. Web site: Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE . 12 March 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.