Parapercis okamurai, the yellow sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found off Taiwan and Japan.

Description Parapercis okamurai can reach a standard length of .

Etymology The fish is named in honor of Osama Okamura, of Kyoto University in Japan, who helped collect the type specimen with fellow graduate student Kunio Amaoka.

References

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p.