Parapercis filamentosa — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Pinguipedidae/Parapercis

At a glance

Occurrence records90

Data sources7

Biological traits5

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Parapercis filamentosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility47 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System43 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS90 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Parapercis filamentosa, the threadfin sandperch, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Western Pacific including Hainan, China and south to Thailand and Indonesia. This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length18 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Parapercis filamentosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type90 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered88

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO116 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit8

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 31.5 m · max 50 m · 8 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1

2 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤10 km 5

11 georeferenced · 77 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence88

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Kagoshima University Museumlocation not on record	19
CASlocation not on record	9
Ann Arbor, US	7
Washington, US	4
Mutare Museumlocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 42 of 88 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code