Revision of Parapercis — CANTWELL 
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Parapercis nehulosa ( Quoy and Gaimard ) 
Figs. 1 R, 3 R, ID 
Percis nehulosa Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, pp. 
349-350 (type locality, Baie des Chiens- 
Marins). Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829, 
pp. 260-264 (Bourbon Island). Bleeker 
1853, p. 26 (Japan); 1855, p. 6. Gunther, 
1860, pp. 237-238 (lie de France, New 
Holland). Castelnau, 1879, p. 351 (New 
South Wales). Macleay, 1881, pp. 563-564 
(Port Jackson). Boulenger, 1888, p. 662 
(East Coast of Arabia). Waite, 1905, p. 75 
( Mandurah ). Gilchrist and Thompson , 
1908, pp. 191-192 (Coast of Natal). 
Ogilby, 1910, pp. 40-42. Gilchrist and 
Thompson, 1916, p. 280; 1917, p. 414, 
(Natal). Bonde, 1923, p. 34 (25 fathoms). 
Parapercis nehulosa Bleeker, 1875, p. 78 
(Madagascar and Reunion). McCulloch, 
1922, p. 101 (New South Wales). Barnard, 
1927, pp. 441-442. McCulloch, 1929, pp. 
331-332 (Sharks Bay, West Australia); 
1934, p. 75. Fowler, 1934, p. 509; 1935, p. 
406 (Durban). Smith, 1949, p. 177, pi. 
13, fig. 381 (Algoa Bay, down to 30 
fathoms); 1955, p. 309. 
Percis coxii Ramsay, 1883, p. 179 (Port Jack- 
son). McCulloch, 1929, pp. 331-332. 
Percis concinna De Vis, 1885, p. 546 (More- 
ton Bay). 
Parapercis nehulosus Waite, 1899, p. 111. 
Waite, 1904, p. 49 (New South Wales). 
McCulloch, 1914, p. 156 (Queensland, off 
Bustard Head lighthouse, 11-21 fathoms; 
Frazer Island, 14-16 fathoms; Double Is- 
land Point, 29 fathoms; mouth of Wide 
Bay). Whitley, 1948, p. 27 (D’Entrecas- 
teaux Point to Eighty Mile Beach ) . Ogilby, 
1954, p. 84, fig. 99. 
Percis coxi Waite, 1899? p- 111. 
Parapercis rohinsoni Fowler, 1929, pp. 261— 
262, fig. 5 (Natal). Smith, 1949, p. 178, 
fig. 383 (Durban). 
Chilias nehulosa Myers, 1940, p. 202. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: 25 (71 to 275) Persian 
Gulf usnm 147985 (18); Durban, Natal ansp 
63834-5 (2); 53451 (1); Natal Coast ansp 
55222 (1), 54824-5 (2), 55310 (1). 
DIAGNOSIS: Six canine teeth in outer row of 
lower jaw; palatine teeth absent; middle dorsal 
spines longest; membrane from spinous dorsal 
connected near base of first soft ray; dorsal 
spines y five; dorsal rays y 22; total anal rays y 
19; caudal vertebrae y 19; no serrations on 
opercles; greatest mean number of oblique rows 
of scales above lateral line, scales from lateral 
line to the anus, and scales in a zigzag row 
around the caudal peduncle than other species 
of the genus Parapercis. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background grayish 
brown, back darker than belly; a light brown 
band extends from the opercular spine to the 
midbase of the caudal fin; above this band are 
eight large black V-shaped markings; below this 
band are nine black bars which may or may not 
reach the midventral line; these nine black bars 
are connected dorsally by a black band that 
extends from the base of the pectoral fin to the 
midbase of the caudal fin; over the suprascapula 
there is a large dark blotch that may or may not 
be partially surrounded by a thin light ring; a 
faint dark band extends from the top of the 
snout back to each eye; a light tan bar extends 
vertically across the cheek; upper lip gray; lower 
lip tan; spinous and soft dorsal with many very 
fine dark brown specks; large dark spots scat- 
tered over caudal fin; a large black blotch at 
midbase of caudal fin which may be separated 
into two distinct spots; anal fin with vertical 
oblong spots on basal portion of membranes be- 
tween rays; pectoral fin with a large dark blotch 
at its base; pelvic fin dusky on medial half. 
RANGE: Durban, Natal; Persian Gulf; Mada- 
gascar; Reunion; West Australia; New South 
Wales; Queensland. 
Parapercis haackei ( Steindachner ) 
Figs. 1A1, 3 M, IE 
Percis haackei Steindachner, 1884, pp. 1070- 
1071 (type locality, Saint Vincent Gulf). 
Parapercis haackei McCulloch, 1914, pp. 155- 
156, pi. 34, fig. 2 (Investigator Strait, 
South Australia). Waite, 1923, pp. 161- 
162, fig. p. 162 (Investigator Strait). Waite, 
1928, p. 8 (South Australia). Whitley, 
1948, p. 27 (Doubtful Bay to Murchison 
River ) . 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: Nine (59 to 109) Aus- 
