sandix, Ostichthys Randall [J. E.], Shimizu [T.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1982:(10) 16, Fig. 10 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (no. 1); ref. 3602] Off Campbell Industrial Park, Waianae coast, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 150-180 meters. Holotype: BPBM 22708. Paratypes: BMNH 1979.11.14.1 (1), BPBM 10963 (1), USNM 220898 (1), ZUMT 54238 (1). •Valid as Ostichthys sandix Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982 -- (Randall & Wrobel 1988:243 [ref. 12743], Kotlyar 1996:90 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2234 [ref. 24790], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Mundy 2005:309 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:149 [ref. 30952], Greenfield et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35170], Fricke 2017:68 [ref. 35313], Fricke 2017:[5] [ref. 35637], Matsunuma et al. 2018:[28] [ref. 35840]). Current status: Valid as Ostichthys sandix Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa 1982. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Hawaiian Islands, Guam, northern Mariana Islands and French Polynesia. Habitat: marine.