xanthozona, Percis Bleeker [P.] 1849:55 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [13]; ref. 318] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5946. Bleeker specimens: NMV 46263-64 (2), RMNH 18642 [ex 5946] (8). •Valid as Parapercis xanthozona (Bleeker 1849) -- (Cantwell 1964:273 [ref. 23974], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:290 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:741 [ref. 5660] with uncertainty [not this species], Randall et al. 1990:363 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:363 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:213 [ref. 23965], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:391 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:116 [ref. 25868], Randall 2001:3510 [ref. 26283], Randall & McCosker 2002:92 [ref. 26140], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Imamura & Matsuura 2003:28 [ref. 26802], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:167 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:466 [ref. 28239], Johnson & Randall 2006:57 [ref. 28930], Allen et al. 2006:1494 [ref. 29090], Randall 2008:168 [ref. 29931], Prokofiev 2008:889 [ref. 29939], Sparks & Baldwin 2012:37 [ref. 31821], Johnson & White 2012:57 [ref. 31991], Allen & Erdmann 2012:758 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:180 [ref. 34464], Ho et al. 2014:342 [ref. 33332], Ho 2014:78 [ref. 33574], Fricke et al. 2014:144 [ref. 33932], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:244 [ref. 36460], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Psomadakis et al. 2020:542 [ref. 37272], Imamura in Motomura et al. 2021:59 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Parapercis xanthozona (Bleeker 1849). Pinguipedidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar, Andaman Islands and Indonesia east to New Caledonia and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Kimberley (Western Australia) and Northern Territory (Australia). Western Indian Ocean populations are now assigned to P. albiventer [ref. 33332]. Habitat: marine.