Redbanded weever

Redbanded weever
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pinguipedidae
Genus: Parapercis
Species: P. binivirgata
Binomial name
Parapercis binivirgata
(Waite, 1904)

The redbanded weever, Parapercis binivirgata, is a sandperch of the family Pinguipedidae found around Australia and New Zealand at depths between 50 and 150 m. Its length is up to 20 cm.

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