vittata, Perca Linnaeus [C.] 1758:291 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): NRM LP 11. •A species of Plectorhinchus -- (Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:246 [ref. 20707]). •Valid as Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Myers 1999:151 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:289 [ref. 24106], Johnson in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], Randall & Johnson 2000:479 [ref. 25807], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], McKay 2001:2982 [ref. 26103], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S109 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:271 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1223 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30213], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2009:154 [ref. 31130], Motomura et al. 2010:123 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:478 [ref. 31980], Hata et al. 2012:26 [ref. 32412], Fricke et al. 2013:260 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:91 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:256 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:45 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:208 [ref. 35805], Koeda & Ho 2018:248 [ref. 36176], Fricke et al. 2019:165 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2019:184 [ref. 37021], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 24 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:470 [ref. 37272], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:9 [ref. 39607], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:207 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:276 [ref. 39773], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426], Jeong et al. 2023:202 [ref. 40630], Allen & Erdmann 2024:506 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus 1758). Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Guam and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.