unicolor, Diagramma Macleay [W.] 1883:261 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 17587] China Straits, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS I.13415. •Synonym of Plectorhinchus schotaf (Forsskål 1775) -- (Allen et al. 2006:1223 [ref. 29090]). •Valid as Plectorhinchus unicolor (Macleay 1883) -- (Randall et al. 1997:195 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:736 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495], Allen et al. 2006:1223 [ref. 29090], Johnson & Worthington Wilmer 2015:509 [ref. 33883], Hoschke et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2019:184 [ref. 37021], Psomadakis et al. 2020:469 [ref. 37272], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426]). Current status: Valid as Plectorhinchus unicolor (Macleay 1883). Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar and Indonesia east to New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Tweed River (New South Wales, Australia) and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.