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Species in the family or subfamily Cirrhitidae: [ 68 ] records

albopunctatus, Cirrhitus Schultz [L. P.] 1950:(547) 548, Pl. 13 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 100 (no. 3270); ref. 10146] Niuafoou Island, Tonga Islands, central Pacific. Holotype: USNM 91883. Paratypes: MCZ 37256 [ex USNM 91881] (1). •Valid as Cirrhitus albopunctatus Schultz 1950 -- (Randall 1963:398 [ref. 3599], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:175 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitus albopunctatus Schultz 1950. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Southwest Pacific: Tonga. Habitat: marine.

alternatus, Cirrhitus Gill [T. N.] 1862:106, 107 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (nos 3-4); ref. 1658] Hawaiian Islands. •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Randall 1963:396 [ref. 3599], Randall 2001:3326 [ref. 26128], Randall 2005:175 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:203 [ref. 30952]). •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus subspecies maculosus Bennett 1828 -- (Gaither & Randall 2013:191 [ref. 32383]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

amblycephalus, Cirrhites Bleeker [P.] 1857:378 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 358] Sangi [Sangihe], Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5841 (very poor condition). •Valid as Paracirrhites amblycephalus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Randall 1963:412 [ref. 3599]). •Probable synonym of Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Allen & Erdmann 2012:316 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites amblycephalus (Bleeker 1857). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

analis, Cirrhitichthys Fowler [H. W.] 1938:48, Fig. 18 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Near Jolo Light, vicinity of Jolo, Philippines, 6°04'30"N, 120°59'30"E, Albatross station D.5145, depth 23 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 98901. •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 1963:430 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

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.

arcata, Perca Parkinson [S.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:74 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Manuscript name mentioned in account of Cirrhites arcatus Cuvier 1829. Nomen Nudum. Cirrhitidae.

arcatus, Cirrhites Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:74 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN A-2854. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-2838 (1), A-2853 (1). Non-types: BMNH 1961.2.27.2 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:12 [ref. 15502]. Lectotype established by Randall 1963:412 [ref. 3599]. •Valid as Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:666 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:50 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:288 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:131 [ref. 20996], DeMartini & Donaldson 1996 [ref. 22275], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:248 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:288 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:120 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:355 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:911 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:332 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:911 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:177 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1347 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:204 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:144 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:33 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:316 [ref. 31980], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:110 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:64 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:249 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:131 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:202 [ref. 36673], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Donaldson & Randall 2022:81 [ref. 39891], Mochizuki et al. 2022:69 [ref. 39927]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

armatus, Neocirrhites Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:101 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Noble Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown, not at MNHN or AMS. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:30 [ref. 15502]. •Valid as Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873 -- (Randall 1963:403 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:287 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:287 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:912 [ref. 25182], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:912 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495] as Neocirrhitus, Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:176 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:120 [ref. 28745], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:338 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:1346 [ref. 29090], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333], Fujiwara et al. 2020:36 [ref. 38631]). Current status: Valid as Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef to Line Islands and Pitcairn Islands, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.

armillaris, Cirrhites Günther [A.] 1860:75 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] Not available, name on specimen mentioned under Cirrhitichthys maculatus. Nomen Nudum. Cirrhitidae.

atlanticus, Cirrhites Osório [B.] 1893:138 [Jornal de Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa (Ser. 2) v. 3 (no. 10); ref. 20570] Ilheo das Rolas, Gulf of Guinea. Holotype: MB 150 (lost in fire 1978). Original genus should have been spelled Cirrhitus. •Valid as Cirrhitus atlanticus Osório 1893 -- (Randall 1963:402 [ref. 3599], Randall 1990:851 [ref. 19149], Afonso et al. 1999:76 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:36 [ref. 30263], Gaither & Randall 2013:189 [ref. 32383], Rocha in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2689 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:233 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:297 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitus atlanticus Osório 1893. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana, Annobón Island (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

aureus, Cirrhites Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:15, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Part 1; ref. 4370] Outer bays of Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 536. Paralectotypes: RMNH 4742 (2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:33 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys calliuru Regan 1905 -- (Dor 1984:189 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Randall 1963:439 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Youn 1998:262 [ref. 25741], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:909 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:159 [ref. 25480], Nakabo 2002:909 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:360, 629 [ref. 26218] as Cirrhitchthys, Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:313 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan and Hong Kong; one record from Bali., Habitat: marine.

betaurus, Cirrhitus Gill [T. N.] 1862:259 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 4909] Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM. •Synonym of Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Randall 1963:401 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes 1846. Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Paracirrhites Randall [J. E.] 1963:417, Pl. 8 (fig. 17) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 114 (no. 3472); ref. 3599] Western side of Caroline Atoll, 10°00'S, 150°14'W, depth about 15 feet. Holotype: USNM 190574. Paratypes: USNM 190575 (1). •Valid as Paracirrhites bicolor Randall 1963 -- (Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Randall 2005:178 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites bicolor Randall 1963. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

bimacula, Cirrhitoidea Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:489, Fig. 36 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50702. Paratypes: CAS-SU 23313 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:89 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins 1903) -- (Randall 1963:427 [ref. 3599], Randall 1986:665 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:49 [ref. 13251] as bimaculus, Randall et al. 1990:285 [ref. 15987], Senou et al. 1993:2 [ref. 24334], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:285 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:351 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:910 [ref. 25182], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:910 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495] dated 1904, Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:173 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:414 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1344 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:202 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:75 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:312 [ref. 31980], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:108 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:247 [ref. 35805], Donaldson & Randall 2022:74 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins 1903). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambiquem Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands(Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Cirrhitichthys Day [F.] 1874:705 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 4 Nov. 1873); ref. 18825] Madras, India. Syntypes: (3) ?BMNH 1889.2.1.3033-34 (2); ZSI F1745 (1), F2924 (1, dry, lost), F2977 (1, destroyed) Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Day 1874 -- (Randall 1963:441 [ref. 3599], Randall 1980:2 [ref. 37647], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Ramachandran et al. 2020:305 [ref. 37742], Donaldson & Randall 2022:76 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Day 1874. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: southern India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.

calliurus, Cirrhitichthys Regan [C. T.] 1905:322, Pl. 2(B) (fig. 3) [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 16; ref. 15386] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean, depth 15-30 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1904.5.25.139-140 (2). •Valid as Cirrhitichthys calliurus Regan 1905 -- (Randall 1963:440 [ref. 3599], Dor 1984:189 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:149 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Zajonz et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36871], Donaldson & Randall 2022:76 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys calliurus Regan 1905. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine.

cinctus, Cirrhites Günther [A.] 1860:73 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.12.26.495. Regarded as a replacement name for (and objective synonym of) Cirrhites fasciatus Bennett 1828, not of Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829; but apparently Bennett's description was published before that of Cuvier; Cuvier's name should have been replaced (and was later replaced by Amblycirrhitus indicus Fowler 1938). •Synonym of Cirrhitops fasciatus (Bennett 1828) -- (Randall 1963:420 [ref. 3599], Fricke 1999:352 [ref. 24106], Mundy 2005:415 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:202 [ref. 30952], Randall & Schultz 2008:15 [ref. 29982]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitops fasciatus (Bennett 1828). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

corallicola, Cirrhitichthys Tee-Van [J.] 1940:58, Fig. 2 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 25 (no. 5); ref. 17249] Gorgona Island, (Pacific) Colombia, 2°58'N, 78°11'W. Holotype: CAS-SU 46504 [ex NYZS 28710A]. Paratypes: (32) AMNH 15454 [ex NYZS 28710] (28), ICNMHN 1083 (2), USNM 118111 (2). Type catalog: Mead 1958:132 [ref. 20648], Mojica & Agudelo-Zamora 2018:49 [ref. 36127]. •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Randall 1963:437 [ref. 3599], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:453 [ref. 24023]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

earnshawi, Amblycirrhitus Lubbock [R.] 1978:262, Figs. 1-2 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 58 (nos 5/6) (1977); ref. 8916] Ascension Island, southern Atlantic, depth 0-20 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1978.1.23.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1978.1.23.2 (1), SMF 13841 (1), USNM 216675 (1). •Valid as Amblycirrhitus earnshawi Lubbock 1978 -- (Randall 1990:851 [ref. 19149], Wirtz et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33516], Rocha in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2688 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Valid as Amblycirrhitus earnshawi Lubbock 1978. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Ascension Island. Habitat: marine.

falco, Cirrhitichthys Randall [J. E.] 1963:435, Pl. 13 (fig. 28) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 114 (no. 3472); ref. 3599] Davao Gulf, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Holotype: AMNH 20412. Paratypes: AMNH 20413 (1), USNM 195954 (1). •Valid as Cirrhitichthys falco Randall 1963 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:286 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:253 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Randall 1997:199 [ref. 23222], Kuiter 1997:248 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:742 [ref. 25471], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:910 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:330 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:910 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:174 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:414 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1345 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:144 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:313 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:109 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:201 [ref. 36673], Donaldson & Randall 2022:76 [ref. 39891], Anto et al. 2024:5 [ref. 40874]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys falco Randall 1963. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lakshadweep (India) and Maldives east to Caroline Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia) and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Cirrhites Bennett [E. T.] 1828:39 [Zoological Journal, London v. 4 (no. 13, art. 3); ref. 16783] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.12.26.495. Date may be 1829. Cirrhites cinctus Günther 1860 is an unneeded replacement name, Cuvier's 1829 cinctus was published after Bennett's name. •Valid as Cirrhitops fasciatus (Bennett 1828) -- (Randall 1963:420 [ref. 3599], Fricke 1999:352 [ref. 24106], Mundy 2005:415 [ref. 28379], Randall & Schultz 2008:15 [ref. 29982], Randall 2007:202 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Caratini & Soriano 2011:88 [ref. 39915], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:130 [ref. 40104]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitops fasciatus (Bennett 1828). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: southern Japan; Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Cirrhites Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:76, Pl. 47 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Puducherry, India [in error, probably Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5428. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:12 [ref. 15502]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cirrhites fasciatus Bennett 1828, replaced by Amblycirrhitus indicus Fowler 1938. •Synonym of Amblycirrhitus indicus Fowler 1938 -- (Randall 1963:424 [ref. 3599]). •In the synonymy of Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray 1927) -- (Randall 2001:870 [ref. 25452], Randall & Schultz 2008:15 [ref. 29982]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray 1927). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

forsteri, Grammistes Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:191 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] S. Christinae seu Waitaho [Vaitahu, Tahuata Island, Marquesas Islands, South Pacific]. Holotype: ?BMNH 1961.2.27.1. Name attributable to Schneider, description taken from Forster manuscript (reproduced as Perca taeniata in Lichtenstein 1844:224-225 [ref. 17531]). Based on Perca taeniatus Forster MS, v. 3:14. •Valid as Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801) -- (Randall 1963:406 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:666 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:50 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:289 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:122 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:254 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:150 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:248 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:289 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:120 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:356 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:911 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:332 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3327 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:911 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495] with author as Bloch, Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider, Randall 2005:178 [ref. 28239] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider, Mundy 2005:417 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1347 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:204 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:199 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:144 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:87 [ref. 39915] as forteri, Allen & Erdmann 2012:316 [ref. 31980], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:111 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:64 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:249 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:118 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:131 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:203 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:72 [ref. 36871], Donaldson & Randall 2022:82 [ref. 39891], Mochizuki et al. 2022:69 [ref. 39927]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti), Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

gibbosus, Cirrhites Guichenot [A.] 1869:199, Pl. 12 (fig. 2) [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 5 (fasc. 3); ref. 1952] Macao. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3060. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:12 [ref. 15502]. •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Randall 1963:439 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

grandimaculatus, Cirrhites Liénard [F.] in Sauvage 1891:211 [Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar; ref. 14503] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 200 fathoms. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown, not at MNHN. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:29 [ref. 15502]. Based on 'Cirrhite à grandes taches' of Liénard 1843:57 [ref. 20927]; description quoted from Liénard. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:352 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Randall 1963:437 [ref. 3599], Donaldson & Randall 2022:77 [ref. 39891]). •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage 1880) -- (Fricke 1999:351 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage 1880). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

graphidopterus, Cirrhites Bleeker [P.] 1853:106 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4). Bleeker specimens: ?AMS B.7801 [from Day] (1). •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 1963:431 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

guichenoti, Cirrhites Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:221 [11] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3888] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4091. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:12 [ref. 15502]. On p. 11 of separate. •Valid as Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage 1880) -- (Randall 1963:442 [ref. 3599], Randall 1980:6 [ref. 37647], Fricke 1999:351 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:321 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:75 [ref. 30213], Caratini & Soriano 2011:32 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:314 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:247 [ref. 35805], Donaldson & Randall 2022:77 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage 1880). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

hemistictus, Cirrhites Günther [A.] 1874:69, Pl. 50 (fig. B) [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Society Islands. Holotype: BMNH 1874.11.2.5. Paratypes: whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther 1874) -- (Randall 1963:409 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:289 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:289 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:120 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:351 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:911 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:333 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3328 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:911 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:179 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1348 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:317 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Furuhashi et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39032]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther 1874). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands east to Line Islands and Pitcairn Islands, north to Amami Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

hubbardi, Amblycirrhitus Schultz [L. P.] 1943:132, Fig. 12 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef at Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands. Holotype: USNM 115750. Paratypes: MCZ 37288 [ex USNM 115749] (1); USNM 115749 (orig. 2 now 1). •Valid as Cirrhitops hubbardi (Schultz 1943) -- (Randall 1963:421 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:912 [ref. 25182], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:912 [ref. 26193], Randall 2005:174 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:202 [ref. 30952], Randall & Schultz 2008:15 [ref. 29982]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitops hubbardi (Schultz 1943). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Amblycirrhitus Fowler [H. W.] 1938:49 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Puducherry, India [in error, probably Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5428. Replacement name for Cirrhites fasciatus Cuvier 1829, preoccupied by Cirrhites fasciatus Bennett 1828. •Valid as Amblycirrhitus indicus Fowler 1938 -- (Randall 1963:424 [ref. 3599], Fricke 1999:353 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray 1927) -- (Randall 2001:870 [ref. 25452] with remarks on locality, Randall & Schultz 2008:15 [ref. 29982]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray 1927). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

lentiginosa, Perca Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:353 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated. A forgotten name, but treated as a nomen oblitum to permit continued use of forsteri as a nomen protectum (see Parenti 2003:495 [ref. 27322]). •Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti 2003:494 [ref. 27322]) Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Cirrhitus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:2, 3 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Mauritius. Holotype: MNHN 1988-1300 [ex MNHN A-5499]. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:30 [ref. 15502]. •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Gaither & Randall 2013:192 [ref. 32383]). •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Randall 1963:396 [ref. 3599], Dor 1984:189 [ref. 29757], Fricke 1999:353 [ref. 24106], Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1346 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

maculosus, Cirrhites Bennett [E. T.] 1828:38 [Zoological Journal, London v. 4 (no. 13, art. 3); ref. 16783] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) but a valid subspecies maculosus Bennett 1828 -- (Gaither & Randall 2013:191 [ref. 32383]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Hawaiian population, subspecies maculosus. Habitat: marine.

maculosus, Cirrhitus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1828:13, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Not an independent species descripion, but a misidentification and misspelling of Cirrhitus maculatus Lacepède 1801. Also preoccupied by Cirrhites maculosus Bennett 1828. •In the synonymy of Cirrhitus spilotoceps Schultz 1950. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitus spilotoceps Schultz 1950. Cirrhitidae.

marmoratus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:438, 493, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Indo Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1988-1300 [ex MNHN A-5449]. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:30 [ref. 15502]. •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Randall 1963:396 [ref. 3599], Dor 1984:189 [ref. 29757], Fricke 1999:353 [ref. 24106], Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Gaither & Randall 2013:192 [ref. 32383]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

mascarenensis, Cirrhitops Randall [J. E.] & Schultz [J. K.] 2008:17, Figs. 1-2 [Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9; ref. 29982] 100 meters south of pass to Trou d'Eau Douce, east coast of Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 5 meters. Holotype: BPBM 20207. Paratypes: BPBM 20607 (2), 40889 (1), 40890 (1); MNHN 2008-1189 (1), NSMT P 79975 (1), USNM 349784 (1), 349785 (1), 349786 (1), 349787 (2). •Valid as Cirrhitops mascarenensis Randall & Schultz 2008 -- (Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Fricke et al. 2018:247 [ref. 35805], Donaldson & Randall 2022:78 [ref. 39891]) Current status: Valid as Cirrhitops mascarenensis Randall & Schultz 2008. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Madagascar; western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.

melanotus, Cirrhites Günther [A.] 1874:72, Pl. 52 (fig. C) [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Raiatea; Society Islands. Syntypes: BMNH 1874.11.2.6 (1). •Synonym of Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873 -- (Randall 1963:403 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873. Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

morrisi, Oxycirrhites Fowler [H. W.] 1934:359, Fig. 109 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933); ref. 1416] Eastern Palawan Island and vicinity, Philippines, Albatross station D.5432, depth 51 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 93170. •Synonym of Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857 -- (Randall 1963:445 [ref. 3599], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807]). Current status: Synonym of Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857. Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

mossambicus, Cirrhitus Smith [J. L. B.] 1951:629, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 4 (no. 43) (art. 60); ref. 4081] Moçambique Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 162. Paratypes: (1) not researched. Not mentioned in Gaither & Randall 2013:189 [ref. 32383]. •Synonym of Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall 1963:399 [ref. 3599], Randall 1986:665 [ref. 5706]). •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Randall 2001:7 [ref. 25616]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

murrayi, Cirrhites Regan [C. T.] 1909:404, Pl. 66 (fig. 6) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 6 Apr. 1909); ref. 14412] Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1909.3.4.20-26 (7) plus additional material; USNM 157375 (1). •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Randall 1963:437 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

nigropunctatus, Cirrhitus Schultz [L. P.] 1950:(547) 549, Pl. 13 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 100 (no. 3270); ref. 10146] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: USNM 13218. Paratypes: MCZ 37223 [ex USNM 149584] (1), USNM 149584 (1). •Synonym of Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall 1963:399 [ref. 3599], Randall 1986:665 [ref. 5706], Fricke 1999:354 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Cristacirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 2001:7 [ref. 25616], Donaldson & Randall 2022:80 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Synonym of Cristacirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

nisus, Paracirrhites Randall [J. E.] 1963:415, Pl. 7 (fig. 16) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 114 (no. 3472); ref. 3599] Southeastern side of Takapoto Atoll off village on sea side, Tuamotu Islands, depth about 25 feet. Holotype: USNM 190572. Paratypes: USNM 190573 (1). •Valid as Paracirrhites nisus Randall 1963 -- (Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Randall 2005:179 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites nisus Randall 1963. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

oxycephalus, Cirrhites Bleeker [P.] 1855:408 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 350] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5844. •Valid as Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Randall 1963:437 [ref. 3599], Dor 1984:189 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:665 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:49 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:286 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:253 [ref. 23929], Senou et al. 1993:3 [ref. 24334], Allen & Robertson 1994:193 [ref. 22193], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Bussing & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:1010 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:149 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:828 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:106 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:452 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:246 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:286 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:910 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:330 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:169 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:910 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:126 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:320 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:131 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:174 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:415 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1345 [ref. 29090], Béarez & Séret 2009:149 [ref. 36646], Satapoomin 2009:198 [ref. 30463], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Allen & Erdmann 2012:314 [ref. 31980], Gaither & Randall 2012:220 [ref. 32260], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:163 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:109 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:247 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:118 [ref. 36273], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:130 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:201 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36871], Love et al. 2021:171 [ref. 39279], Donaldson & Randall 2022:77 [ref. 39891], Sandra et al. 2022:[4] [ref. 39181], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505], Sato et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40949], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker 1855). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Saya de Malha Bank, Comoros and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga; eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

oxyrhynchos, Cirrhitichthys Bleeker [P.] 1858:205 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 362] Goram-Archipel [Pulau-Pulau Gorong, Molucca Islands, Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5842. •Valid as Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos (Bleeker 1858) -- (Randall 1963:428 [ref. 3599], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128] as oxyrhinchos, Allen & Erdmann 2012:312 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos (Bleeker 1858). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

pantherinus, Sparus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:53, 160, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Indo-Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5445. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:90 [ref. 20898], Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:30-31, 39 [ref. 15502]. Based on Commerson manuscript and figure; Commerson specimen MNHN A.5445 was not seen by Lacepède and incorrectly was not therefore regarded as the type; if it is the specimen on which the manuscript and/or figure is based then it is a type. •Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801) -- (Randall 1963:403 [ref. 3599], Fricke 1999:356 [ref. 24106], Parenti 2003:495 [ref. 27322]). Current status: Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

pinnulatus, Labrus Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:264 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Otahaitee [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. No types known. Author given as 'Schn.' (Schneider). Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). •Valid as Cirrhites [sic] pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Dor 1984:189 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) with subspecies -- (Gaither & Randall 2013:192 [ref. 32383], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Donaldson & Randall 2022:79 [ref. 39891]). •Valid as Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Randall 1963:396 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:665 [ref. 5706], Paulin et al. 1989:199 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:49 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:286 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:150 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:145 [ref. 26476] with author as Bloch & Schneider, Randall et al. 1997:286 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:353 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:910 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:330 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3326 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:910 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495] with author as Schneider, Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576] with author as Schneider, Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624] with authors as Bloch & Schneider, Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:175 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1345 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:203 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:144 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:314 [ref. 31980], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:110 [ref. 33932], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:115 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1337 [ref. 34193], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:118 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:202 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Kermadec Islands and Rapa (French Polynesia). Former Red Sea records are now assigned to C. spilotoceps Schultz 1950. Habitat: marine.

pinos, Pseudocirrhites Mowbray [L. L.] in Breder 1927:48, Fig. 23 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 635] Point Francis, Isle of Pines, south of Cuba, West Indies. Holotype (unique): YPM 382. •Valid as Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray 1927) -- (Randall 1963:425 [ref. 3599], Robins & Ray 1986:200 [ref. 23100], Edwards & Glass 1987:653 [ref. 9166], Randall 1990:851 [ref. 19149], Cervigón 1993:371 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:280 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:112 [ref. 26784], Randall 2003:1688 [ref. 27098], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:90 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:38 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:486 [ref. 28815], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:60 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:22 [ref. 34324], Rocha in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2688 [ref. 34618], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Brown et al. 2019:179 [ref. 36444], Robertson et al. 2020:153 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:593 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:78 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:73 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:198 [ref. 40480], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray 1927). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea; southern-central Atlantic: Saint Helena Island. Habitat: marine.

polyactis, Cirrhitichthys Bleeker [P.] 1874:16 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam) v. 15; ref. 12526] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 5845. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24925 [ex RMNH 5845] (1). •Valid as Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874) -- (Randall 1963:443 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:666 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:287 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:253 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:248 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:287 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:354 [ref. 24106], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:912 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:331 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128] dated 1875, Nakabo 2002:912 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:321 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:175 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1346 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:315 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:110 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Roberts 2015:1338 [ref. 34193], Fricke et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35805], Fujiwara et al. 2020:36 [ref. 38631], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Donaldson & Randall 2022:80 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Australia, New Caledonia, northern New Zealand and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

polystictus, Cirrhites Günther [A.] 1874:70, Pl. 50 (fig. A) [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Kingsmill Island [= Gilbert Islands] or Tolute, Society Islands. Syntypes: BMNH 1874.11.2.4 (1) Raiatea. •Synonym of Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther 1874) -- (Randall 1963:409 [ref. 3599], Randall et al. 1990:289 [ref. 15987], Randall 2001:3328 [ref. 26128], Randall 2005:179 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther 1874). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Cirrhitus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:70 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Madagascar. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-2772. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5449 (1, dry) Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:12 [ref. 15502], Fricke et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35805]. Lectotype selected by Randall 1963:399 [ref. 3599]. •Valid as Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall 1963:398 [ref. 3599], Randall 1986:665 [ref. 5706], Fricke 1999:354 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Cristacirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 2001:7 [ref. 25616], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35805], Donaldson & Randall 2022:80 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cristacirrhitus punctatus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.

puncticeps, Serranus Cuvier [G.] 1816:278 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] No locality. Based on Seba as, "serran. puncticeps, nob. Séb. III, xxvii." •Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801) -- (P. Parenti, pers. comm.). Current status: Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

randalli, Cirrhitichthys Kotthaus [A.] 1976:56, Fig. 386 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 23; ref. 2672] Northeast coast of Somalia, 6°06'N, 49°05'E to 6°03'N, 49°03'E, Meteor station 123, depth 55-65 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMH 5285. Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:418 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Cirrhitichthys randalli Kotthaus 1976 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Donaldson & Randall 2022:78 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys randalli Kotthaus 1976. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Somalia endemic. Habitat: marine.

rivulatus, Cirrhites Valenciennes [A.] 1846:no p., Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "la Vénus"; ref. 6165] Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5563 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:12 [ref. 15502]. Dates to publication in plate; corresponding text published as Valenciennes 1855:309 [ref. 4504]. Original genus should have been spelled Cirrhitus. •Valid as Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Randall 1963:401 [ref. 3599], Allen & Robertson 1994:193 [ref. 22193], Bussing & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:1009 [ref. 22829], Allen & Robertson 1997:829 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:107 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:450 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:168 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:132 [ref. 37547], Béarez & Séret 2009:149 [ref. 36646], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Gaither & Randall 2013:189 [ref. 32383], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], González-Murcia et al. 2019:303 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:171 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes 1846. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

seftoni, Oxycirrhites Böhlke [J. E.] & Briggs [J. C.] 1953:375, Fig. 1 [California Fish and Game v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 12686] Off Pamilla Point, southwestern end of San José del Cabo Bay, Baja California, Mexico, 23°01'N, 109°41'W, depth 25 fathoms. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 17465. •Synonym of Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857 -- (Randall 1963:445 [ref. 3599], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:453 [ref. 24023]). Current status: Synonym of Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857. Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

serratus, Cirrhitichthys Randall [J. E.] 1963:432, Pl. 12 (fig. 27) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 114 (no. 3472); ref. 3599] Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 195943. Paratypes: BMNH 1961.3.24.1-2 (2), BPBM 14194 [ex UH 2584] (2), CAS-SU 55573 (2), USNM 195944 (10). •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys falco Randall 1963 -- (Randall 1997:199 [ref. 23222], Randall 2005:174 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:414 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhitichthys falco Randall 1963. Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

sexfasciata, Cirrhitoidea Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1960:257, Fig. 106 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Ocean reef in surf at Airy Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): USNM 141980. •Valid as Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus (Schultz 1960) -- (Randall 1963:421 [ref. 3599], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:176 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Valid as Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus (Schultz 1960). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

spilotoceps, Cirrhitus Schultz [L. P.] 1950:(548) 551, Pl. 13 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 100 (no. 3270); ref. 10146] Red Sea. Holotype: USNM 47598. Paratypes: MCZ 37228 [ex USNM 149583] (1), USNM 149583 (now 0). •Synonym of Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster 1801) -- (Randall 1963:396 [ref. 3599], Randall 2001:3326 [ref. 26128], Randall 2005:175 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:203 [ref. 30952]). •Valid as Cirrhitus spilotoceps Schultz 1950 -- (Gaither & Randall 2013:193 [ref. 32383], Golani & Fricke 2018:118 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36871], Donaldson & Randall 2022:79 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitus spilotoceps Schultz 1950. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Xemen), Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine.

splendens, Cirrhitichthys Ogilby [J. D.] 1889:58, Pl. 2 [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney No. 2 (art. no. 3); ref. 18489] Lord Howe Island. Holotype (unique): AMS I.1841. •Valid as Cirrhitus splendens (Ogilby 1889) -- (Randall 1963:400 [ref. 3599], Paulin et al. 1989:199 [ref. 24556], Kuiter 1993:252 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479]). •Valid as Notocirrhitus splendens (Ogilby 1889) -- (Randall 2001:8 [ref. 25616], Allen et al. 2006:1346 [ref. 29090], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:115 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1339 [ref. 34193]). Current status: Valid as Notocirrhitus splendens (Ogilby 1889). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific; southeastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

stigma, Cyprinocirrhites Fowler [H. W.] 1943:65, Fig. 11 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 14 (pt 2); ref. 1441] Off Labuan Blanda Island, Butung [Buton] Strait, Indonesia, 4°27'00"S, 122°55'40"E, Albatross station D.5640, depth 24 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 99505. •Synonym of Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874) -- (Randall 1963:443 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

taeniata, Perca Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:191 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Not available, manuscript name mentioned under Grammistes forsteri. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). Nomen Nudum. Cirrhitidae.

tankervillae, Gerranus Bennett [J. W.] 1830:unnum. p., Pl. 27 [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka. No types known. •Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801) -- (Randall 1963:403 [ref. 3599], Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:44 [ref. 21456], Donaldson & Randall 2022:82 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

typee, Paracirrhites Randall [J. E.] 1963:408, Pl. 4 (fig. 10) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 114 (no. 3472); ref. 3599] Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2908. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:13 [ref. 15502]. •Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801) -- (Randall et al. 1990:289 [ref. 15987], Randall 2001:3327 [ref. 26128], Randall 2005:178 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider 1801). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

typus, Oxycirrhites Bleeker [P.] 1857:40 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5846. •Valid as Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857 -- (Randall 1963:445 [ref. 3599], Dor 1984:190 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:69 [ref. 13818], Winterbottom et al. 1989:50 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:288 [ref. 15987], Allen & Robertson 1994:193 [ref. 22193], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Bussing & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:1010 [ref. 22829], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:453 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:248 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:288 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:120 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:355 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:912 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:331 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:169 [ref. 25640], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Randall et al. 2002:157 [ref. 26192], Nakabo 2002:912 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495] as Oxycirrhitus, Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Love et al. 2005:132 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:177 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1347 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:203 [ref. 30952], Béarez et al. 2008:477 [ref. 32869], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:199 [ref. 30463], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:144 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:86 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:315 [ref. 31980], Gaither & Randall 2012:220 [ref. 32260], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Larson et al. 2013:164 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:110 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:249 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:118 [ref. 36273], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:131 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:202 [ref. 36673], Love et al. 2021:171 [ref. 39279], Donaldson & Randall 2022:80 [ref. 39891], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker 1857. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: Madagascar, Seychelles and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga; eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Malpelo Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

ui, Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka [S.] 1917:268 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29; ref. 4332] Off Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 55053. Species originally published in Japanese in above reference, later illustrated and described in more detail in English and Japanese in Tanaka 1917:503, Pl. 137 (fig. 384) [ref. 6073]. •Synonym of Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874) -- (Randall 1963:443 [ref. 3599], Allen et al. 2006:1346 [ref. 29090]). Current status: Synonym of Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

unimacula, Cirrhitoidea Kamohara [T.] 1957:29, Fig. 19 [Reports of the Usa Marine Biological Station v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 12148] Somachi, Amami, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): BSKU 6387. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:4 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Amblycirrhitus unimacula (Kamohara 1957) -- (Randall 1963:428 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Shinohara & Shibukawa 1998:262 [ref. 25981], Nakabo 2000:911 [ref. 25182], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128] as unimaculata, Nakabo 2002:911 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:173 [ref. 28239], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333]). Current status: Valid as Amblycirrhitus unimacula (Kamohara 1957). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

vittatus, Cirrhites Cuvier [G.] 1829:146 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: not at MNHN. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:30 [ref. 15502]. Available from footnote as, "Cirrhites vittatus, Nob., Renard, I, xviii, 102." See also Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:75 [ref. 4879]. •Synonym of Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier 1829). Current status: Synonym of Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.

wilhelmi, Cirrhitus Lavenberg [R. J.] & Yañez A. [L. A.] 1972:5, Fig. 1 [Gayana, Zoologia No. 21; ref. 7624] Isla de Pascua, Chile, off Easter Island, southeastern Pacific, 27°08'S, 109°25'W. Holotype: MZUC H-2877. •Valid as Amblycirrhitus wilhelmi (Lavenberg & Yañez 1972) -- (Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829]). •Valid as Itycirrhitus wilhelmi (Lavenberg & Yañez 1972) -- (Randall 2001:10 [ref. 25616], Randall 2005:176 [ref. 28239], Gaither & Randall 2012:219 [ref. 32260]). Current status: Valid as Itycirrhitus wilhelmi (Lavenberg & Yañez 1972). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Easter Island and Pitcairn Island, southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

xanthus, Paracirrhites Randall [J. E.] 1963:413, Pl. 6 (fig. 15) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 114 (no. 3472); ref. 3599] Southeastern side of Takapoto Atoll off village on sea side, Tuamotu Islands, depth about 25 feet. Holotype: USNM 190568. Paratypes: BMNH 1960.10.3.1 (1), CAS-SU 54224 (1), USNM 190569-71 (1, 2, 3). •Valid as Paracirrhites xanthus Randall 1963 -- (Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Randall 2005:179 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites xanthus Randall 1963. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.