amaenus, Neomyripristis Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:99 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Noble Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia [locality in doubt]. Syntypes: MNHN A-2586 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:24 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau 1873) -- (Greenfield 1974:7 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:376 [ref. 12442] with comment that locality may be unreliable, Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674]). •Valid as Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:15 [ref. 22543], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2237 [ref. 24790], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:496 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:496 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:410 [ref. 26954], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:87 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:147 [ref. 30952], Kotlyar 2017:35 [ref. 35137], Motomura et al. 2017:57 [ref. 35490], Allen & Erdmann 2024:185 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Ogasawara Islands (Japan), Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), Pitcairn Island. Habitat: marine.