Species that contain: Parapercis and cephalopunctata [ 2 ] records

cephalopunctatus, Percis Seale [A.] 1901:124 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: ANSP 79777 (1), BPBM 261-262 (1, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:129 [ref. 13621]. See Randall et al. 1990:361 [ref. 15987]. •Valid as Parapercis cephalopunctata (Seale 1901) -- (Cantwell 1964:267 [ref. 23974], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:291 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:59 [ref. 13251]). •Synonym of Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860) -- (Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:465 [ref. 28239], Ho & Shao 2010:59 [ref. 31054], Donaldson 2022:297 [ref. 39942]). Current status: Synonym of Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860). Pinguipedidae. Habitat: marine.

montillai, Parapercis Martin [C.] & Montalban [H. R.] 1935:224, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Philippine Journal of Science v. 56 (no. 2); ref. 13899] Calapan, [northeastern] Mindoro Island [Oriental Mindoro], Philippines [Verde Island Passage, Sibuyan Sea and South China Sea, western Pacific]. Holotype: BSMP 31284 (destroyed). Paratypes: BSMP 4382 (1, destroyed), 11438 (3, destroyed). Corrected by authors to montillae, see Philipp. J. Sci. 57 (1935):513 -- (Roxas & Martin 1937:242 [ref. 19807]). •Synonym of Parapercis cephalopunctata (Seale 1901) -- (Cantwell 1964:267 [ref. 23974]). •Synonym of Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860) based on current placement of cephalopunctata. Current status: Synonym of Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860). Pinguipedidae. Habitat: marine.