argyrogrammicus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:472 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7037. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:19 [ref. 21549], Shimose et al. 2020:470 [ref. 37275]. Originally as argyro-grammicus. •Questionably a synonym of Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1985:155 [ref. 6843]). •Valid as Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Dor 1984:143 [ref. 29757], Allen 1985:145 [ref. 6843], Anderson 1987:11 [ref. 13770], Akazaki & Iwatsuki 1987:329 [ref. 6699], Kramer et al. 1994:74 [ref. 21258], Randall et al. 1997:514 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:277 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:830 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:488 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:325 [ref. 25995], Anderson & Allen 2001:2908 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:830 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:158 [ref. 26192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495] dated to 1831, Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624] dated to 1831, Shinohara et al. 2005:434 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:383 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1205 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:62 [ref. 30213], Koeda et al. 2016:41 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36673], Shimose et al. 2020:470 [ref. 37275], Koeda et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38857], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:249 [ref. 39746], Liu et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40483]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes 1832). Lutjanidae: Etelinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to off northwestern Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.