kuntee, Myripristis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:487 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7585. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:21 [ref. 20740]. Based on the 'Sullanaroo-kuntee' of Russell 1803:Pl. 104 (vol. 2) [ref. 13862], and a specimen from Mauritius. •Valid as Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831 -- (Greenfield 1974:28 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Chen et al. 1990:253 [ref. 16678], Randall et al. 1990:62 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:188 [ref. 27969] with author as Cuvier, Randall & Greenfield 1996:36 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:144 [ref. 24620], Kuiter 1997:62 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:62 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:207 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:128 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2241 [ref. 24790], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:495 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:141 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:495 [ref. 26001] with author as Cuvier, Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830] with author as Cuvier, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377] with author as Cuvier, Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576] with author as Cuvier, Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:135 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:170 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:72 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2021:55 [ref. 38991], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:105 [ref. 41223], Randall & Heemstra 2022:405 [ref. 39719], Allen & Erdmann 2024:187 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.