purpureomaculatus, Cynoglossus Regan [C. T.] 1905:26 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 2); ref. 3624] Inland Sea, Japan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.6.6.247. •Synonym of Cynoglossus abbreviatus (Gray 1834) -- (Menon 1977:94 [ref. 7071], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:211 [ref. 21500]). •Valid as Cynoglossus purpureomaculatus Regan 1905 -- (Li & Wang 1995:375 [ref. 16193], Cheng & Zhou 1997:465 [ref. 26385], Kottelat 2001:64 [ref. 25482], Wang et al. 2001:323 [ref. 26566], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35160]). Current status: Valid as Cynoglossus purpureomaculatus Regan 1905. Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam and China north to southern Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.