berndti, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:170 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50627. Paratypes: AMNH 2282 (1); ANSP 24212 (1); BPBM [not 16818] (1); CAS 1489 (1, wrong fish), 17724 [ex IU 10357] (1); IU 9801 (1, not found at CAS); FMNH 3947 (1); MCZ 28890 (1); CAS-SU 7451 (1); USNM 125645 [USFC 2701] (1), 50628 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:48 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:423 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:61 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:252 [ref. 16678], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:130 [ref. 20996], Allen & Robertson 1994:94 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1184 [ref. 22829], Randall & Yamakawa 1996:217 [ref. 22430], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:188 [ref. 27969], Randall & Greenfield 1996:22 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:822 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:212 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:277 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:61 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:127 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2238 [ref. 24790], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:498 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:140 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:59 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:498 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:405 [ref. 26954], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:29 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:135 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:70 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379], Randall 2005:87 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:777 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:147 [ref. 30952], Béarez & Séret 2009:146 [ref. 36646], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:83 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:168 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988] dated 1905, Fricke et al. 2014:40 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:111 [ref. 36167], Motomura et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34709], Roberts 2015:1023 [ref. 34256], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:59 [ref. 34690], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:15 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:2 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36673], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Love et al. 2021:101 [ref. 39279], Yoshigou 2021:53 [ref. 38991], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:105 [ref. 41223], Grove et al. 2022:17 [ref. 41326], Randall & Heemstra 2022:403 [ref. 39719], Page et al. 2023:107 [ref. 40505], Allen & Erdmann 2024:186 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:75 [ref. 41255], Kumar et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41064]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann 1903. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Ogasawara Islands (Japan) and Midway Atoll (U.S.A.), south to Western Australia at 22°S, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands, and Rapa (French Polynesia); eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.