Species that contain: Parapercis and millepunctata [ 3 ] 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.

millepunctata, Percis Günther [A.] 1860:241 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1860.3.19.65. Doubtful status (Cantwell 1964:245 [ref. 23974]). •Valid as Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860) -- (Randall et al. 1990:361 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1997:320 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:361 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:213 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:464 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:24 [ref. 25829], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1060 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:391 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:116 [ref. 25868], Randall 2001:3507 [ref. 26283], Nakabo 2002:1060 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Imamura & Matsuura 2003:27 [ref. 26802], Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:465 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1491 [ref. 29090], Prokofiev 2008:889 [ref. 29939], Imamura 2009:241 [ref. 30434], Ho & Shao 2010:66 [ref. 31054], Motomura et al. 2010:180 [ref. 31256], Sparks & Baldwin 2012:37 [ref. 31821], Johnson & White 2012:57 [ref. 31991], Allen & Erdmann 2012:756 [ref. 31980], Ho et al. 2014:342 [ref. 33332], Ho 2014:78 [ref. 33574], Fricke et al. 2014:143 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:82 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:249 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:540 [ref. 37272], Rajan et al. 2021:8 [ref. 39508], Donaldson 2022:297 [ref. 39942], Mochizuki et al. 2022:23 [ref. 39612]). Current status: Valid as Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860). Pinguipedidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes (Mauritius), Lakshadweep (India), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Philippines and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. 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.