purpureus, Cephalopholis Fourmanoir [P.] 1966:221, Fig. 3 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 38 (no. 3); ref. 9029] Nha-Trang market, Vietnam. Syntypes: MNHN 1965-0276 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:14 [ref. 19232]. •Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:63 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:57 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2482 [ref. 24815], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.