This species is currently known from a single specimen from the Timor Sea. The southern Indonesian specimen figured in Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola (1984) as P. somaliensis was described as a new species (P. compressa) by Randall (2008). Parapercis somaliensis Schultz, 1968 is restricted to the NW Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Identifiers:
AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:5bdb646c-abf5-4658-95b0-9f3ee4b50942
Name status: miscellaneousLiterature
Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219145
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2016-03-01
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)