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Pinguipedidae
Gold-birdled sandsmelt
Parapercis multifasciata
Spotted Pinguipedid Fish of Japanese Waters
Gold-birdled sandsmelt is known from Northwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Pinguipedidae
- Genus
- Parapercis
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Japan to Taiwan. A specimen taken off Natal, South Africa is tentatively identified as Parapercis multifasciata .
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

