auricilla, Arnillo Jordan [D. S.], Evermann [B. W.] & Tanaka [S.] 1927:668, Pl. 23 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 20); ref. 2454] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: CAS 348. •Valid as Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka 1927) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:112 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:75 [ref. 19754], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:167 [ref. 6441], Allen 1985:146 [ref. 6843], Anderson 1987:11 [ref. 13770], Akazaki & Iwatsuki 1987:329 [ref. 6699], Winterbottom et al. 1989:37 [ref. 13251], Kramer et al. 1994:74 [ref. 21258], Leis & Lee 1994:100 [ref. 21402], Allen 1997:126 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:78 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:515 [ref. 25919], Adam et al. 1998:13 [ref. 23610], Fricke 1999:277 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:831 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:488 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2909 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:831 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:158 [ref. 26192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Mundy 2005:383 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2005:123 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1205 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:249 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:62 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:456 [ref. 37272], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:250 [ref. 39746], Liu et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40483]). Current status: Valid as Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka 1927). Lutjanidae: Etelinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Rapa (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to off northwestern Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.