hypsipterygion, Ostichthys Randall [J. E.], Shimizu [T.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1982:(10) 14, Pl. 2 (fig. A); Fig. 9 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (no. 1); ref. 3602] Naha fish market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: HUMZ 62836. Paratypes: BPBM 26362 (1), NSMT-P 18641 (1). •Valid as Ostichthys hypsipterygion Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:18 [ref. 25356], Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292] as hypsepterygion, Kotlyar 1998:209 [ref. 24674], Nakabo 2000:494 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:494 [ref. 26001], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:78 [ref. 34690], Greenfield et al. 2017:19 [ref. 35170], Fricke 2017:68 [ref. 35313], Fricke 2017:[6] [ref. 35637], Matsunuma et al. 2018:[7] [ref. 35840]). Current status: Valid as Ostichthys hypsipterygion Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Okinawa and Japan, Vietnam and Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.