pica, Diagramma Cuvier [G.] in Guérin-Méneville 1828:no page number, Livraison 13 [Planches de Seba v. 3; ref. 29508] No locality stated [Indian Ocean; Tahiti, Society Islands]. No types known. Syntypes: ?MNHN 0000-6465 (1) Indian Ocean. Text applies to Pl. 26 (no. 32) published in 1827. Predates Diagramma pica Cuvier 1830. See Parenti & Desoutter-Meniger 2007:399, 400 [ref. 29507]. Species epithet is a noun in apposition. •Synonym of [but predates] Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Parenti & Desoutter-Meniger 2007:399 [ref. 29507]). •A valid species as Plectorhinchus picus or a senior synonym of a well established species (Parenti & Desoutter-Meniger 2007:399 [ref. 29507]). •Valid as Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Parenti & Desoutter-Meniger 2007:401 [ref. 29507], Fricke et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30213], Caratini & Soriano 2011:34 [ref. 39915], Hata et al. 2012:26 [ref. 32412], Fricke et al. 2014:91 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:45 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:207 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2019:183 [ref. 37021], Zajonz et al. 2019:79 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:469 [ref. 37272], Wada et al. 2021:42 [ref. 38521], Zajonz et al. 2022:172 [ref. 40522], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426]). •Valid as Plectorhinchus pica (Cuvier 1828). Current status: Valid as Plectorhinchus pica (Cuvier 1828). Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and eastern Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.