title: Parapercis robinsoni
text: # Parapercis robinsoni
  
  Parapercis robinsoni, the smallscale grubfish, is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to South Africa and north to Pakistan. This species can reach a length of 30.0 centimetres (11.8 in) TL.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The fish is named in honor of John Benjamin Romer Robinson (1869–1949), a South African attorney & a businessman.
  
  