Parapercis katoiParapercis katoi is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Japan. This species reaches a length of.EtymologyThe fish is named in honor of Kenji Kato, of the Tokyo Metropolitan Fisheries Experiment Station, who caught the holotype in 1991 with hook and line and provided color photographs of the live fish.