Harlequin Sandsmelt
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Adult harlequin sandperch have light blue stripes on their face.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Harlequin Sandsmelt
- Scientific name
- Parapercis pulchella
- Japanese name
- トラギス
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Uranoscopiformes
- Family
- Pinguipedidae
- Genus
- Parapercis
It lives in the seas from Chiba and the Izu Islands to Kyushu, and off the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka.
Basic data
- Range
- Seto Inland Sea, southern Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hainan Island, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere
Where the Harlequin Sandsmelt has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- トラギス
- 简体中文
- 美拟鲈
- 繁體中文
- 美擬鱸
- 한국어
- 눈동미리
- Português (Brasil)
- Michole-de-Nagasaki
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — トラギスChecked: 2026-11-04
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — トラギスChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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