punctata, Girella Gray [J. E.] 1835:no page number, Pl. 98 (figs. 3-4) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1982.4.20.53 (stuffed). Published about 20 Feb. 1835. •Valid as Girella punctata Gray 1835 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:165 [ref. 6441], Desoutter 1990:833 [ref. 18967], Takahashi et al. 1997:45 [ref. 24971], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24670], Mizuno et al. 1999:9 [ref. 25311], Yagishita & Nakabo 2000:125 [ref. 24523], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:959 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:178 [ref. 25480], Shimizu 2001:32 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:959 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:356, 626 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S14 [ref. 28536], Motomura et al. 2010:133 [ref. 31256], Knudsen & Clements 2013:77 [ref. 33031], Parin et al. 2014:375 [ref. 33547], Motomura et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34709], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:139 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37637], Mochizuki et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38974]). Current status: Valid as Girella punctata Gray 1835. Girellidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern China east to Philippines, north to Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.