sexlineatus, Terapon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:340, Pl. 60 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Shark Bay, Western Australia. Holotype: MNHN 0000-7941. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:90 [ref. 12478]. Secondarily preoccupied by Pristipoma sexlineatum Quoy & Gaimard 1824 when both are in Pelates. Some status references refer to Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). •Valid as Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Vari 1978:252 [ref. 4514], Paxton et al. 1989:535 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:147 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:561 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:132 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:731 [ref. 25471], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:181 [ref. 25480], Vari in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Vari 2001:3312 [ref. 26126], Allen et al. 2006:1338 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2013:168 [ref. 34464] dated 1824). •Valid as Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Jeff Johnson, pers. comm. 2/16/2011, Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Larson et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:370 [ref. 32989], Ali et al. 2018:319 [ref. 36183]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Valid as Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Terapontidae. Distribution: Australia: Shark Bay (Western Australia) across northern Australia to Moreton Bay (Queensland). Habitat: marine.