punctulata, Percis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:265 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Doubtful status -- (Cantwell 1964:245 [ref. 23974]). •Valid as Parapercis punctulata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Heemstra 1986:740 [ref. 5660], Johnson 2006:52 [ref. 28929], Fricke 1999:465 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:377 [ref. 28072], Randall 2008:168 [ref. 29931], Fricke et al. 2009:93 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:302 [ref. 35805], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871], Donaldson 2022:297 [ref. 39942]). Current status: Valid as Parapercis punctulata (Cuvier 1829). Pinguipedidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania) to Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Amirante Islands (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Maurtiius, Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.