novemcinctus, Serranus Kner [R.] 1864:483 [3], Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 49; ref. 4927] Cape of Good Hope and St. Paul Island, southern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1883.7.4.76 (1); NMW 20562 (1), 39230 (1), 39425-29 (1, 2, 1, 5, 2). On p. 3 of separate. •Valid as Serranus novemcinctus Kner 1864 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:536 [ref. 5667], Collette & Parin 1991:9 [ref. 19110], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:165 [ref. 25813], Carvalho-Filho & Ferreira 2013:812 [ref. 33030], Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:36 [ref 36189], Parenti & Randall 2020:126 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:35 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Valid as Serranus novemcinctus Kner 1864. Serranidae. Distribution: Southern Indian Ocean: Walters Shoals, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands. Habitat: marine.