barberinus, Mullus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:383, 406, Pl. 13 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1985:12 [ref. 20735]. Based on description and drawing in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:311 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Mullus barberinus Cuvier 1829 is apparentlly not an original description -- contra Hoese & Bray 2006:1267 [ref. 29000]. •Valid as Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Lachner 1960:16 [ref. 23973], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:164 [ref. 6441], Ben-Tuvia 1986:611 [ref. 5641], Winterbottom et al. 1989:40 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:209 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:120 [ref. 20996], Randall 1995:239 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:380 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:140 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:110 [ref. 26476] dated to 1802, Kuiter 1997:190 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:209 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:159 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:310 [ref. 24106], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:875 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:281 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:146 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:15 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:102 [ref. 26368], Kim & Amaoka 2001:45 [ref. 25244], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3185 [ref. 26109], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:177 [ref. 26753], Kim 2002:63 [ref. 26347], Nakabo 2002:875 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:629 [ref. 27495] dated 1802, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:110 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:72 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:18 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3322 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:262 [ref. 28072], Randall 2004:12 [ref. 28086], Randall 2005:294 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:389 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:1266 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:68 [ref. 30213], Imamura in Imamura et al. 2009:173 [ref. 31157], Randall & Heemstra 2009:41 [ref. 30542], Motomura et al. 2010:128 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:505 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:261 [ref. 32706], Bos 2014:752 [ref. 33550] as Parapeneus, Fricke et al. 2014:95 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:49 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:161 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:225 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:22 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:163 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:174 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:501 [ref. 37272], Echreshavi et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39234], Mochizuki et al. 2022:22 [ref. 39612], Uiblein & Randall 2022:359 [ref. 39855], Zajonz et al. 2022:207 [ref. 40522], Zajonz et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40906], Vishnupriya & Nair 2023:117 [ref. 40508], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède 1801). Mullidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Line Islands (Kiribati), Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.