Parapercis banoni is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Southeastern Atlantic at a place called the Valdivia Bank.Randall, J.E. and T. Yamakawa, 2006. Parapercis phenax from Japan and P. banoni from the Southeast Atlantic, new species of Pinguipedid fishes previously identified as P. roseoviridis. Zool. Stud. 45(1):1-10. 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.
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