aprinus, Cirrhites Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:76 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2774. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:11 [ref. 15502]. •Valid as Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 1963:431 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:285 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:252 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:246 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:286 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:25 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:742 [ref. 25471], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:909 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:159 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:909 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:321 [ref. 28072], Allen et al. 2006:1345 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:143 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:313 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:163 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:109 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:200 [ref. 36673], Donaldson & Randall 2022:76 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique, Saya de Malha Bank, Mascarene Shoals and Mascarenes (Mauritius); Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.