pleurospilos, Upeneus Bleeker [P.] 1853:110 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) RMNH 5743 (1), 25005 (1). •Valid as Parupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:137 [ref. 19754], Chen et al. 1997:111 [ref. 26476] as pleurospilus). •Synonym of Pseudupeneus cinnabarinus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Dor & Ben-Tuvia in Dor 1984:162 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Ben-Tuvia & Kissil 1988:7 [ref. 12819], Randall et al. 1990:211 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:240 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:192 [ref. 23922] as pleurospilus, Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Randall 2001:3189 [ref. 26109], Randall 2004:30 [ref. 28086], Randall 2005:297 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:336 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Bray 2006:1268 [ref. 29000], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31559], Kottelat 2013:361 [ref. 32989], Uiblein et al. 2017:548 [ref. 35672], Fricke et al. 2018:226 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:103 [ref. 36273]). •Synonym of Parupeneus heptacantha (Lacepède 1802). Current status: Synonym of Parupeneus heptacantha (Lacepède 1802). Mullidae. Habitat: marine.