violaceus, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1851:234 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Maluku, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 1642. •Valid as Myripristis violaceus Bleeker 1851 -- (Greenfield 1974:12 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674]). •Valid as Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1986:425 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:378 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:17 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:63 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:256 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:63 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2243 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:498 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:143 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:498 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:30 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:91 [ref. 28239], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:171 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:66 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:76 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805], Bourjon & Fricke 2019:417 [ref. 37177], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2021:52 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:407 [ref. 39719], Allen & Erdmann 2024:189 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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