tiereoides, Holocentrum Bleeker [P.] 1854:334 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5117] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Non-types: RMNH 5429 (3, no specimen of correct length). Original as tiereoïdes. •Valid as Sargocentron tiereoides (Bleeker 1854) -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:112 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1985:20 [ref. 5144], Randall & Heemstra 1986:421 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:381 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:18 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:68 [ref. 15987], Kotlyar 1996:86 [ref. 23292], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:60 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:68 [ref. 25919], Randall 1998:84 [ref. 23300], Kotlyar 1998:203 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:85 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2235 [ref. 24790], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:491 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:491 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:617 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:99 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:314 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:785 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:36 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:54 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:178 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:43 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36673], Deef 2021:109 [ref. 38340] misidentified, Randall & Heemstra 2022:400 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Sargocentron tiereoides (Bleeker 1854). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Wake Atoll, south to Vanuatu and Tonga. Habitat: marine.