polyactis, Cirrhitichthys Bleeker [P.] 1874:16 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam) v. 15; ref. 12526] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 5845. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24925 [ex RMNH 5845] (1). •Valid as Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874) -- (Randall 1963:443 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:666 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:287 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:253 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:248 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:287 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:354 [ref. 24106], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:912 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:331 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128] dated 1875, Nakabo 2002:912 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:321 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:175 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1346 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:315 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:110 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Roberts 2015:1338 [ref. 34193], Fricke et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35805], Fujiwara et al. 2020:36 [ref. 38631], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Donaldson & Randall 2022:80 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker 1874). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Australia, New Caledonia, northern New Zealand and Tonga. Habitat: marine.