marmoratus, Achirus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:658, 660, Pl. 12 ( fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Neotype: BPBM 20092. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:340-341 [ref. 25922] Figured on Pl. 12 (fig. 3) of Lacepède 1801 [ref. 2710], but with vernacular name. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:574 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Neotype designated by Randall & Johnson 2007:9 [ref. 29291]. •Valid as Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Clark & George 1979:110 [ref. 6992], Dor 1984:270 [ref. 29757], Heemstra & Gon 1986:872 [ref. 5665], Quéro & Desoutter 1990:110 [ref. 15757], Goren & Dor 1994:72 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:361 [ref. 22896], Quéro 1997:323 [ref. 23236], Carpenter et al. 1997:233 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:573 [ref. 24106], Desoutter et al. 2001:341 [ref. 25922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3331 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:437 [ref. 28072], Randall & Johnson 2007:11 [ref. 29291], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:433 [ref. 33460], Ali et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:372 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:175 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:29 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:124 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36871], Desoutter-Meniger & Chapleau 2022:398 [ref. 40245], Ummath et al. 2024:[8] [ref. 41632]). Current status: Valid as Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède 1802). Soleidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.