quinquelineatus, Cheilodipterus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:167 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Bora Bora, Society Islands, South Pacific. Holotype: MNHN 0000-9147. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:65 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828 -- (Dor 1984:117 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:556 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:64 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:552 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:31 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:150 [ref. 15987], Gon 1993:49 [ref. 21133], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:161 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:161 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:164 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:100 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:138 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:150 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:233 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Randall 1999:14 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:753 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:217 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:178 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:753 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:34 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495] as quinquelineata, Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:67 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576] as quinquelineata, Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:199 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1101 [ref. 29004], Fricke et al. 2009:52 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:109 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2010:51 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:377 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Mabuchi et al. 2015:43 [ref. 34429], Koeda et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:167 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:114 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:37 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:131 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:62 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Yoshida in Motomura et al. 2021:23 [ref. 38121], Fraser et al. 2022:187 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:54 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.