hemistictus, Cirrhites Günther [A.] 1874:69, Pl. 50 (fig. B) [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Society Islands. Holotype: BMNH 1874.11.2.5. Paratypes: whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther 1874) -- (Randall 1963:409 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:289 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:289 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:120 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:351 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:911 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:333 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3328 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:911 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:179 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1348 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:317 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Furuhashi et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39032]). Current status: Valid as Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther 1874). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands east to Line Islands and Pitcairn Islands, north to Amami Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.