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== Distribution == === Natural global range === [[Pinguipedid]] fishes ([[Sandperch]]es) are widely found in the [[Southern Atlantic Ocean|southern Atlantic]] and [[Indo-Pacific]] regions.<ref name="Nelson">{{cite book| last1=Nelson | first1=J.S. | year=1994 | title=Fishes of the World |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.}}</ref> However, ''P. colias'' is [[endemic]] to [[New Zealand]].<ref name="Stroud">{{cite book| last1=Stroud | first1=G.J. | year=1982 | title=The taxonomy and biology of fishes of the genus ''Parapercis'' (Teleostei: Mugiloididae) in Great Barrier Reef waters |publisher=James Cook University.}}</ref><ref name="Martin&Hine">{{cite book| last1=Martin | first1=E | last2=Hine | first2=R. | year=1996 | title=A Dictionary of Biology |publisher=Oxford University Press | edition=3}}</ref> === New Zealand range === ''P. colias'' is found from the shore to the shelf edge around New Zealand's entire coastline, but there are no records in either the [[Kermadec Islands]] or the [[Snares Islands / Tini Heke]].<ref name="Francis">{{cite journal | last1=Francis | first1=M.P. | year=1996 | title=Geographic distribution of marine reef fishes in the New Zealand region | journal=New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research |volume=30 |issue= 1 |pages=35β55 |doi=10.1080/00288330.1996.9516695| doi-access=free | bibcode=1996NZJMF..30...35F }}</ref> They are more abundant from south of [[Cook Strait]]<ref name="Paul.b">{{cite book| last1=Paul | first1=L.J. | year=2000 | title=New Zealand fishes: identification, natural history & fisheries |publisher=Reed.}}</ref> and they are an iconic species for the [[South Island New Zealand|South Island]].<ref name=MPI2018>{{cite web |url= https://www.mpi.govt.nz/travel-and-recreation/fishing/fish-species/blue-cod/ |title=blue cod |author= Ministry for Primary Industries |date=2018 |access-date=2018-04-15}}</ref> They are most common around [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]] and the [[Chatham Islands]].<ref name="Carbine1998">{{cite web |url=http://fs.fish.govt.nz/Doc/22465/BC09702%20Blue%20Cod%20in%20Southland.pdf.ashx |title=Determination of movement of blue cod in Southland. |author= Carbines, G. |date=1998 |access-date=2018-04-15}}</ref>
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