typus, Pristipomoides Bleeker [P.] 1852:575 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 334] Sibogha, Sumatra [Sibolga, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Syntypes: RMNH 5449 (2). •Synonym of Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Dor 1984:143 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Pristipomoides typus Bleeker 1852 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:71 [ref. 19754], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:166 [ref. 6441], Allen 1985:154 [ref. 6843], Anderson 1987:12 [ref. 13770], Akazaki & Iwatsuki 1987:329 [ref. 6699], Allen & Swainston 1988:78 [ref. 25477], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:293 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:120 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:79 [ref. 26476], Fricke 1999:279 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:830 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:490 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2914 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:830 [ref. 26001], Allen et al. 2006:1206 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:63 [ref. 30213], Larson et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:137 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:201 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:457 [ref. 37272], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:251 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pristipomoides typus Bleeker 1852. Lutjanidae: Etelinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to North-West Cape (Western Australia) and New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: marine.