A new sandperch, Parapercis maritzi (Teleostei: Pmguipedidae), from South Africa

Abstract

A new species of sandperch, Parapercis maritzi, is described from 12 specimens from the outer shelf off Transkei and Natal. The species differs from all other sandperches in its colouration, particulars of its dentition, and meristics of its axial skeleton and squamation. It is one of the deep-water sandperches, and is found on open sandy-rubble bottoms of the outer shelf.