acanthorhinus, Ostichthys Randall [J. E.], Shimizu [T.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1982:(9) 10, Figs. 6-7 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (no. 1); ref. 3602] Gulf of Oman, northwestern Indian Ocean, 25°05'N, 56°52'E, depth 272-291 meters. Holotype: FMNH 70251. Paratypes: BMNH 1979.11.14.2 (1); BPBM 22766 (1); CAS 44993 (1); FMNH 70252-53 (1, 1), 83910 (1); FMRI 117/1 (1); NSMT-P 18632 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 10700 [not RUSI 10693] (1); USNM 220899 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:63 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Ostichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982 -- (Klausewitz 1986:285 [ref. 39512], Baranes & Golani 1993:305 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:17 [ref. 25356], Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:209 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2234 [ref. 24790], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:780 [ref. 29066], Larson et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:181 [ref. 34104], Greenfield et al. 2017:7 [ref. 35170], Fricke 2017:67 [ref. 35313], Fricke 2017:[5] [ref. 35637], Golani & Fricke 2018:45 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma et al. 2018:[28] [ref. 35840], Mohanty et al. 2020:1436 [ref. 37820], Psomadakis et al. 2020:351 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:105 [ref. 41223], Randall & Heemstra 2022:409 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Ostichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman east to Indonesia, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.