somaliensis, Parapercis Schultz [L. P.] 1968:10, Pl. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 124 (no. 3636); ref. 7916] Off Somalia coast, northwestern Indian Ocean, 11°52'N, 51°14'E, depth 50-70 meters. Holotype: USNM 200751. Paratypes: USNM 200750 (2). •Valid as Parapercis somaliensis Schultz 1968 -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:291 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:741 [ref. 5660], Baranes & Golani 1993:309 [ref. 22372], Nakabo 2000:1062 [ref. 25182], Randall 2001:3509 [ref. 26283], Nakabo 2002:1062 [ref. 26193] [misidentification], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:1493 [ref. 29090], Randall et al. 2008:77 [ref. 29575], Randall 2008:159, 174 [ref. 29931], Prokofiev 2010:587 [ref. 31007], Ho et al. 2012:163 [ref. 31812], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:429 [ref. 33460], Golani & Fricke 2018:134 [ref. 36273], Yosuva et al. 2020:563 [ref. 37560], Donaldson 2022:299 [ref. 39942]). Current status: Valid as Parapercis somaliensis Schultz 1968. Pinguipedidae. Distribution: Red Sea: western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania). Habitat: marine.