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Species in the genus Amblycirrhitus: [ 7 ] records

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], Allen & Erdmann 2024:332 [ref. 40796]). 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.

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.

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.

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.

oxyrhynchos, Cirrhitichthys Bleeker [P.] 1858:205 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 362] Goram-Archipel [Pulau-Pulau Gorong, Molucca Islands/Maluku, 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], Allen & Erdmann 2024:332 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos (Bleeker 1858). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Maluku (Indonesia). 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.

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.