fourmanoiri, Hoplolatilus Smith [J. L. B.] 1964:746, Pl. 23 (fig. A) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 6 (no. 72) (for 1963); ref. 3483] Off Vietnam, depth 10-20 fathoms. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 610. Paratypes: MNHN 1965-0580 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 608 + 609 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:22 [ref. 15502]. •Valid as Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri Smith 1964 -- (Dooley 1978:67 [ref. 5499], Allen & Kuiter 1989:40 [ref. 13504], Earle & Pyle 1997:382 [ref. 22771], Allen 1997:130 [ref. 23977], Dooley 1999:2640 [ref. 24837], Dooley in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Allen 2007:105 [ref. 29223], Dooley & Jimenez 2008:84 [ref. 29662], Allen et al. 2010:172 [ref. 30989], Allen & Erdmann 2012:421 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2019:10 [ref. 36522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:449 [ref. 40796], Murugan et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41621]). Current status: Valid as Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri Smith 1964. Malacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Tamil Nadu (India); Brunei and North Sulawesi (Indonesia) east to Philippines, West Papua and Solomon Islands, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.