arcatus, Cirrhites Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:74 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN A-2854. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-2838 (1), A-2853 (1). Non-types: BMNH 1961.2.27.2 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:12 [ref. 15502]. Lectotype established by Randall 1963:412 [ref. 3599]. •Valid as Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:666 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:50 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:288 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:131 [ref. 20996], DeMartini & Donaldson 1996 [ref. 22275], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:248 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:288 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:120 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:355 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:911 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:332 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:911 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:177 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:416 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1347 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:204 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:144 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:33 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:316 [ref. 31980], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:110 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:64 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:249 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:131 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:202 [ref. 36673], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Donaldson & Randall 2022:81 [ref. 39891], Mochizuki et al. 2022:69 [ref. 39927], Allen & Erdmann 2024:335 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:70 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier 1829). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.