trivittatus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:106, Pl. 275 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] Japan [in error]. No types known. Text cites pl. 275 on which the name Sparus vittatus appears. Not Sparus vittatus of p. 33, pl. 263. On p. 83 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 8 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228] but not occurring in Japan, Allen 1997:140 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:157 [ref. 23965], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:321 [ref. 27969], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Russell 2001:3086 [ref. 26106], Russell 2001:56 [ref. 26651], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:103 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Allen & Erdmann 2009:285 [ref. 30093], Allen & Erdmann 2012:483 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:92 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:151 [ref. 35490], Allen et al. 2018:88 [ref. 36276], Fricke et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36673], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:201 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:512 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.