''Parapercis banoni'' is a fish species in the

sandperch The sandperches are a family, Pinguipedidae, of fishes in the percomorph order Trachiniformes. Sandperches are benthic fish which normally occur over sand or rubble substrates in shallow seas. They are found off the coasts of South America, S ...

family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Southeastern Atlantic at a place called the Valdivia Bank. This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of fisheries ecologist Rafael Bañón Diaz (b. 1961), who first reported the species in 2000 and provided specimens and color photographs of the fish.

References

Pinguipedidae Taxa named by John Ernest Randall Taxa named by Takeshi Yamakawa Fish described in 2006 {{Perciformes-stub