pulchella, Percis Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:24, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D750 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D751-752 (2, stuffed), 416 (8). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:38 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Parapercis maculata (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Randall 1995:305 [ref. 22896], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:155 [ref. 25480], Donaldson 2022:296 [ref. 39942]). •Valid as Parapercis pulchella (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Cantwell 1964:264 [ref. 23974], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:291 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:740 [ref. 5660], Chen et al. 1997:146 [ref. 26476], Youn 1998:265 [ref. 25741], Nakabo 2000:1062 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:36 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1062 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:383, 646 [ref. 26218], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:43 [ref. 27712], Randall 2008:167, 171 [ref. 29931], Prokofiev 2010:588 [ref. 31007], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:429 [ref. 33460], Ho 2014:79 [ref. 33574], Johnson & Motomura 2017:126 [ref. 35593], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:244 [ref. 36460], Sonoyama et al. 2020:96 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Parapercis pulchella (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Pinguipedidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam, southern China and Taiwan to southern and central Japan. Habitat: marine.