rubromarmoratus, Synodus Russell [B. C.] & Cressey [R. F.] 1979:172, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 92 (no. 1); ref. 8790] Mrs. Watson's Bay, Lizard Island [14°40'S, 145°27'E], Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, depth 15 meters. Holotype: AMS I.19450-027. Paratypes: AMS I.19450-024 (10), USNM 218792 (2). •Valid as Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell & Cressey 1979 -- (Cressey 1981:34 [ref. 5574], Paxton et al. 1989:239 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:51 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1997:38 [ref. 25488] as rubromarginatus, Randall et al. 1997:51 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:21 [ref. 23611], Randall 1998:6 [ref. 24086], Myers 1999:64 [ref. 23965], Russell 1999:1944 [ref. 24747], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:40 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:61 [ref. 26587], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:613 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:64 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:202 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Gates 2006:469 [ref. 28997], Chen et al. 2007:149 [ref. 29121], Randall 2007:112 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:359 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:124 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:64 [ref. 36673], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:75 [ref. 41223], Russell 2022:219 [ref. 39701], Allen & Erdmann 2024:138 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell & Cressey 1979. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa); Maldives; Philippines and Papua New Guinea east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Fiji, north to Taiwan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.