Mulloidichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1929:122 Masc. Mullus flavolineatus Lacepède 1801. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Mulloides Bleeker 1849; see Mulloides Richardson. On Official List (Opinion 846), but with Jordan 1917 as designator of type for Mulloides Bleeker. Should be valid, with Mulloides Bleeker 1849 an objective synonym [but not treated as such by Ben-Tuvia & Kissil 1988:2 [ref. 12819]]. •Valid as Mulloidichthys Whitley 1929 -- (Lachner 1960:36 [ref. 23973], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:164 [ref. 6441], Golani 2001:111 [ref. 25530], Randall 2001:3176 [ref. 26109], Kim 2002:62 [ref. 26347], Randall 2003:1655 [ref. 27098], Hoese & Bray 2006:1265 [ref. 29000], Randall & King 2009:31 [ref. 30538], Uiblein 2011:55 [ref. 31259], Stewart 2015:1290 [ref. 34196], Koeda et al. 2016:1 [ref. 35369], Fricke et al. 2018:224 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:102 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:175 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:174 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Mulloidichthys Whitley 1929. Mullidae.