aureus, Cirrhites Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:15, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Part 1; ref. 4370] Outer bays of Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 536. Paralectotypes: RMNH 4742 (2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:33 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Cirrhitichthys calliuru Regan 1905 -- (Dor 1984:189 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Randall 1963:439 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Youn 1998:262 [ref. 25741], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:909 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:159 [ref. 25480], Nakabo 2002:909 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:360, 629 [ref. 26218] as Cirrhitchthys, Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:313 [ref. 31980], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:235 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:333 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys aureus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia); southern China north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.