adustus, Pempheris Bleeker [P.] 1877:50 [34] [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 12; ref. 17114] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6161. On p. 34 of separate. Figured in Bleeker 1877:Pl. 383 (fig. 1) [ref. 6835]; earliest publication not established. •Possible synonym of Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker 1855 -- (Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Pempheris adusta Bleeker 1877 -- (Heemstra 1986:669 [ref. 5660], Fricke 1999:320 [ref. 24106], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Fricke et al. 2009:70 [ref. 30213], Koeda et al. 2013:236 [ref. 32431], Koeda et al. 2013:123 [ref. 33257], Koeda et al. 2014:301 [ref. 33297], Randall et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33585] not Red Sea, Koeda et al. 2015:275 [ref. 35336], Koeda et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Koeda 2017:5 [ref. 37096], Koeda & Motomura 2017:[4] [ref. 35326], Koeda in Motomura et al. 2021:37 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Pempheris adusta Bleeker 1877. Pempheridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) and eastern Indonesia east to New Guinea, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands. IUCN (2020): not assessed. Habitat: marine.