pfluegeri, Mulloides Steindachner [F.] 1900:174 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 37 (no. 16) (for 21 June 1900); ref. 20498] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): UMB 156 [RK UMB 4532]. Type catalog: Wahlert 1955:324 [ref. 21527]. Species later illustrated and described in detail in Steindachner 1900:485 Pl. 3 (fig. 4) [ref. 14892]; on p. 3 of separate. •Valid as Mulloidichthys pflugeri (Steindachner 1900) -- (Lachner 1960:40 [ref. 23973], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:164 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:159 [ref. 23965], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:874 [ref. 25182], Randall 2001:3182 [ref. 26109], Nakabo 2002:874 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Koeda et al. 2016:48 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:1 [ref. 35369]). •Valid as Mulloidichthys pfluegeri (Steindachner 1900) -- (Fricke 1999:309 [ref. 24106], Randall & Earle 2000:15 [ref. 25806], Kim 2002:62 [ref. 26347], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3322 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:293 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:388 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:68 [ref. 30213], Randall 2007:261 [ref. 30952], Uiblein 2011:62 [ref. 31259], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Echreshavi et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39234], Uiblein & Randall 2022:357 [ref. 39855], Galbraith et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Mulloidichthys pfluegeri (Steindachner 1900). Mullidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); eastern Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan), south to Coral Sea (Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.