polyophtalma, Percis Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:272 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. No types known. •Valid as Parapercis polyophtalma (Cuvier 1829) -- (Cantwell 1964:270 [ref. 23974], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:291 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:739 [ref. 5660] as polyophthalma, Randall et al. 1990:360 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:305 [ref. 22896], Nakabo 2000:1060 [ref. 25182], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122] as polyophthalma, Sadovy & Cornish 2000:153 [ref. 25480] as polyophthalma, Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Nakabo 2002:1060 [ref. 26193] as periophtalma). •Synonym of Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier 1829) -- (Dor 1984:220 [ref. 29757] as hexophthalma, Randall 2005:464 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1491 [ref. 29090], Imamura & Yoshino 2007:82 [ref. 29105] as hecophtalma, Ho & Shao 2010:59 [ref. 31054], Golani & Fricke 2018:134 [ref. 36273], Donaldson 2022:295 [ref. 39942]). Current status: Synonym of Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier 1829). Pinguipedidae. Habitat: marine.