An Interpretation of the Relationships Among the Species of Parapercis, Family Mugiloididae

THIS WORK IS BASED on data taken from the descriptive study by Cantwell (1964) of the genus Parapercis, fishes of the Indo-Pacific oceans. The descriptions were based on anatomical studies, and each structure was analyzed to determine its variation within a species and ' its value in identification. Her e an effort is made to employ those characters showing the least variation within species to establish possible affinities between species, to define species groups, and to determine relationships among them.