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Species in the genus Myripristis: [ 62 ] records

adustus, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1853:108 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 24908 [ex 5416]. •Valid as Myripristis adusta Bleeker 1853 -- (Greenfield 1974:27 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:423 [ref. 5707], Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:376 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:61 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:252 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:86 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:187 [ref. 27969], Randall & Greenfield 1996:14 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1997:846 [ref. 23713], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:62 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:61 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674] as adustus, Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:126 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2236 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:496 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:496 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:29 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:87 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:777 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:168 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:40 [ref. 33932], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:58 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:15 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:111 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36673], Randall et al. 2019:32 [ref. 36852], Psomadakis et al. 2020:349 [ref. 37272], Randall & Heemstra 2022:403 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis adusta Bleeker 1853. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

amaenus, Neomyripristis Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:99 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Noble Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia [locality in doubt]. Syntypes: MNHN A-2586 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:24 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau 1873) -- (Greenfield 1974:7 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:376 [ref. 12442] with comment that locality may be unreliable, Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674]). •Valid as Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:15 [ref. 22543], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2237 [ref. 24790], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:496 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:496 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:410 [ref. 26954], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:87 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:147 [ref. 30952], Kotlyar 2017:35 [ref. 35137], Motomura et al. 2017:57 [ref. 35490]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Pitcairn Island. Habitat: marine.

argyromus, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:172 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50631. Paratypes: AMNH 2284 (1), BPBM 1690 [now CAS-SU 7453] (1), FMNH 3949 (1), CAS 79590 [ex IU 9803] (1), MCZ 28892 (1), CAS-SU 7453 (now 1), USNM 125645 [ex USFC 2703] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau 1873) -- (Greenfield 1974:8 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:15 [ref. 22543], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2237 [ref. 24790], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:147 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

astakhovi, Myripristis Kotlyar [A. N.] 1997:844, Fig. 1 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 37 (no. 6); ref. 23713] South China Sea, Nyachang Gulf, Vietnam, 12°10.45'N, 109°17.57'E, depth 9-14 meters. Holotype: ZMMU P-20258. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:78 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Myripristis astakhovi Kotlyar 1997 -- (Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Randall et al. 2003:410 [ref. 26954]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis astakhovi Kotlyar 1997. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: South China Sea, Nyachang Gulf, Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

aulacodes, Myripristis Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 1996:19, Pl. 1C [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 25; ref. 22543] Ampenan Utara, Lombok, Indonesia (from fisherman). Holotype (unique): BPBM 29930. Original genus misspelled Mypristes in main heading. •Valid as Myripristis aulacodes Randall & Greenfield 1996 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1999:2234 [ref. 24790], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:168 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis aulacodes Randall & Greenfield 1996. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Lombok, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

australis, Myripristes Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:4 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:36 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Greenfield 1974:25 [ref. 7142], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

axillaris, Myripristis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:491 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-0070. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:20 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Greenfield 1974:20 [ref. 7142], Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Chen et al. 1990:254 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543], Fricke 1999:129 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2242 [ref. 24790], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

berndti, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:170 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50627. Paratypes: AMNH 2282 (1); ANSP 24212 (1); BPBM [not 16818] (1); CAS 1489 (1, wrong fish), 17724 [ex IU 10357] (1); IU 9801 (1, not found at CAS); FMNH 3947 (1); MCZ 28890 (1); CAS-SU 7451 (1); USNM 125645 [USFC 2701] (1), 50628 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:48 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:423 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:61 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:252 [ref. 16678], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:130 [ref. 20996], Allen & Robertson 1994:94 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1184 [ref. 22829], Randall & Yamakawa 1996:217 [ref. 22430], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:188 [ref. 27969], Randall & Greenfield 1996:22 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:212 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:277 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:61 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:127 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2238 [ref. 24790], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:498 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:140 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:59 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:498 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:405 [ref. 26954], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:29 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:135 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:70 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379], Randall 2005:87 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:777 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:147 [ref. 30952], Béarez & Séret 2009:146 [ref. 36646], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:83 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:168 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988] dated 1905, Fricke et al. 2014:40 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:111 [ref. 36167], Motomura et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34709], Roberts 2015:1023 [ref. 34256], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:59 [ref. 34690], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:15 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:2 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36673], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Love et al. 2021:101 [ref. 39279], Yoshigou 2021:53 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:403 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann 1903. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Ogasawara Islands (Japan) and Midway Atoll (U.S.A.), south to Western Australia at 22°S, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands, and Rapa (French Polynesia); eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico) and Clipperton Island (France). Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Myripristis Günther [A.] (ex Bleeker) 1859:20 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1880.4.21.20 (1) [Bleeker coll.]; RMNH 5410 (1), 24913 [ex 5410] (largest of 2). Based on Myripristis pralinius of Bleeker 1851:234 [ref. 331], not of Cuvier. •Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142] as pralinius, Chen et al. 1990:255 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:40 [ref. 22543], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

borbonicus, Myripristis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:489 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7589. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:20 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Myripristis kuntee Cuvier 1831 -- (Greenfield 1974:28 [ref. 7142], Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Randall & Greenfield 1996:36 [ref. 22543], Fricke 1999:129 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2241 [ref. 24790], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

botche, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] 1829:151 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vizagapatam, India. No types known. See also Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:180 [ref. 4879]. Based on Russel 1803, pl. 105. •Valid as Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:25 [ref. 22543], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2239 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:497 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:497 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:410 [ref. 26954], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:88 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:169 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988] as cf. botche, Psomadakis et al. 2015:181 [ref. 34104], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:66 [ref. 34690], Fricke et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:350 [ref. 37272], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Randall & Heemstra 2022:404 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia, Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

bowditchae, Myripristis Woods [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:202, Pl. 18b [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon reef halfway between Bikini Island and Amen Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Holotype: USNM 140839. Paratypes: FMNH 62595-97 (2, 1, 1); USNM 123719 (1), 139819 (1), 139821 (11), 139823 (4), 139829 (2), 140840-43 (5, 1, 1, 1), 140845-47 (19, 1, 1), 140849-51 (2, 1, 3), 140853-54 (17, 7), 143703-06 (6, 2, 8, 4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Myripristis parvidens Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:11 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:323 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

brachyrhynchos, Rhynchichthys Bleeker [P.] 1853:107 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1880.4.21.22. Holotype found, J. Maclaine 30 Nov. 2015. •Incertae sedis, family Holocentridae -- (Fricke 1999:126 [ref. 24106] as brachyrhynchus). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775) -- (R. Fricke, personal communication, 8 Dec. 2015). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

chryseres, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:171 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50629. Paratypes: AMNH 2283 (1); ANSP 24213 [not 24273] (1); BPBM 1689 (1); CAS [not 1490] (1, lost); FMNH 3948 (1); CAS [ex IU 9802] (1, not found in 1997); MCZ 28891 (1); CAS-SU 7452 (1 or 5); USFC 2702 (1); USNM 50630 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Greenfield 1974:14 [ref. 7142], Kyushin et al. 1977:48 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:40 [ref. 19754], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:423 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:61 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:253 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:27 [ref. 22543], Khalaf et al. 1996:403 [ref. 23175], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:61 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:127 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2240 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:495 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:495 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:156 [ref. 26192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:88 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2005:118 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952], Khalaf & Zajonz 2007:424 [ref. 31739], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:169 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:67 [ref. 34690], Motomura et al. 2017:57 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:45 [ref. 36273], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Randall & Heemstra 2022:404 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1903. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands (Japan) and Midway Atoll (U.S.A.), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

chryseus, Rhinoberyx Cope [E. D.] 1871:464, Fig. 2 [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5); ref. 920] St. Croix Island, West Indies. Syntypes: ANSP 14186-87 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:31 [ref. 7142]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

clarionensis, Myripristis Gilbert [C. H.] 1897:441, Pl. 69 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1115); ref. 1629] Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico (captured by bird). Holotype (unique): USNM 47746. •Valid as Myripristis clarionensis Gilbert 1897 -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267], Allen & Robertson 1994:95 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1184 [ref. 22829], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:212 [ref. 24545], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis clarionensis Gilbert 1897. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Revillagigedo and Clipperton islands. Habitat: marine.

earlei, Myripristis Randall [J. E.], Allen [G. R.] & Robertson [D. R.] 2003:406, Figs. 1-4 [Zoological Studies v. 42 (no. 3); ref. 26954] Hana Hevane Bay, Tahuata, Marquesas Islands. Holotype: BPBM 10373. Paratypes: AMS I.4000-001 (1); ASIZP 60491 (1); BPBM 10350 (6), 11474 (2); CAS 211840 (1); FMNH 17952 (3); MCZ 16151 (1), 161949-50 (1, 1); MNHN 2000-584 (2); NSMT-P 59359 (1); WAM P.32101-001 (5); USNM 360583 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:16 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Myripristis earlei Randall, Allen & Robertson 2003 -- (Randall 2005:88 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis earlei Randall, Allen & Robertson 2003. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Marquesas and Phoenix islands. Habitat: marine.

formosa, Myripristis Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 1996:28, Pl. 3A [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 25; ref. 22543] Tashi [Daxi], 24°41'N, 121°45'E, northeastern coast of Taiwan (from fisherman). Holotype: ASIZP 056565. Paratypes: BPBM 37103 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:39 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Myripristis formosa Randall & Greenfield 1996 -- (Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Ho & Shao 2011:39 [ref. 31432], Nair & Dineshkumar 2016:2 [ref. 35100]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis formosa Randall & Greenfield 1996. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Taiwan and India. Habitat: marine.

gildi, Myripristis Greenfield [D. W.] 1965:241, Fig. 5 [California Fish and Game v. 51 (no. 4); ref. 21267] Clipperton Island, just northwest of wreck on northeastern side, eastern Pacific. Holotype: USNM 231717 [ex 158201-F]. Paratypes: BMNH 1964.11.27.1 (1); SIO 59-4 (4) (ex UCLA W56-237); USNM 202536 [ex UW 18498] (1). •Valid as Myripristis gildi Greenfield 1965 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:95, 303 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1184 [ref. 22829], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:212 [ref. 24545], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis gildi Greenfield 1965. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Clipperton Island endemic. Habitat: marine.

greenfieldi, Myripristis Randall [J. E.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1996:217, Figs. 1 (bottom), 3 [Ichthyological Research v. 43 (no. 3); ref. 22430] Kashiwa-jima, Shikoku, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 47399. Paratypes: AMS I.36492-001 (1); BPBM 36855 (2); BSKU 82130-34 [ex KSHS 13579, 17037, 17436-37, 21603] (1, 1, 1, 1, 1); CAS 83135 (1); MNHN 1995-1085 (1); NSMT-P 47340 (1), ?47398 [ex KSHS 20474] (1). •Valid as Myripristis greenfieldi Randall & Yamakawa 1996 -- (Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Nakabo 2000:497 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:497 [ref. 26001], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:68 [ref. 34690], Nair & Dineshkumar 2016:3 [ref. 35100]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis greenfieldi Randall & Yamakawa 1996. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Pacific and Indian Ocean; Japanese waters, Kochi Prefecture, Ryukyu and Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands and India. Habitat: marine.

hexagonus, Lutjanus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:180, 213 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated [Sumatra, Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5423 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:23 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802) [sometimes as hexagonus] -- (Greenfield 1974:24 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:423 [ref. 5707], Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477] as hexagonatus, Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:62 [ref. 15987], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:32 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1997:846 [ref. 23713], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977] as hexagonatus, Randall et al. 1997:62 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Fricke 1999:128 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2254 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:497 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:141 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Nakabo 2002:497 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:51 [ref. 30463], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:169 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:65 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:69 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35805], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:72 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:350 [ref. 37272], Mochizuki et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39612], Randall & Heemstra 2022:404 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Osumi Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

intermedia, Myripristis murdjan var. Günther [A.] 1874:92 [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] No locality. whereabouts unknown. Types and type locality not clear from description. •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

jacobus, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:162 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Martinique Island, West Indies; Brazil; Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-0923 (1) Martinique, 0000-4605 (1) Martinique, A-2583 (1) Havana, A.2584 (1) Martinique; SMF 1102 [ex MNHN in 1830] (1) Martinique. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:21 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:30 [ref. 7142], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:274 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:115 [ref. 23100], Edwards & Glass 1987:632 [ref. 9166], Ben-Tuvia 1990:628 [ref. 17305], Cervigón 1991:250 [ref. 24472], Anato et al. 1991:293 [ref. 20017], Boschung 1992:92 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:340 [ref. 23827], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1021 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Kotlyar 1998:205 [ref. 24674], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:184 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:71 [ref. 25466], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:155 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1643 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639], Collette et al. 2003:103 [ref. 26784], Feitoza et al. 2003:68 [ref. 26943], Greenfield 2003:1199 [ref. 27041], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:70 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:17 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Wirtz et al. 2007:28 [ref. 30263], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:34 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:10 [ref. 34324], Greenfield 2016:2202 [ref. 34606], Robertson et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34961], Almeida & Alves 2019:270 [ref. 37509], Brown et al. 2019:161 [ref. 36444], Reiner 2019:145 [ref. 38139], Robertson et al. 2020:156 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38844], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:190 [ref. 38945], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Fermon et al. 2022:205 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:97 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, St. Paul's Rocks, and Trinidade Island; southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island, Saint Helena Island; eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Gabon, including Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Annobon Island, and São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2017): Least concern. Habitat: marine.

kochiensis, Myripristis Randall [J. E.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1996:212, Figs. 1 (top-middle), 2 [Ichthyological Research v. 43 (no. 3); ref. 22430] Kashiwa-jima, Shikoku, Kochi Prefecture, Japan (from fisherman). Holotype: NSMT-P 47397. Paratypes: AMS I.36491-001 (1), BPBM 36856-57 (1, 1), BSKU 82128-29 (1, 1), CAS 83134 (1), MNHN 1995-1084 (1), NSMT-P 47398 (1), USNM 338763 (1). •Valid as Myripristis kochiensis Randall & Yamakawa 1996 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:36 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1998:207 [ref. 24674], Nakabo 2000:499 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:499 [ref. 26001], Motomura et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34709], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:70 [ref. 34690], Sonoyama et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37637], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis kochiensis Randall & Yamakawa 1996. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

kuntee, Myripristis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:487 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7585. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:21 [ref. 20740]. Based on the 'Sullanaroo-kuntee' of Russell 1803:Pl. 104 (vol. 2) [ref. 13862], and a specimen from Mauritius. •Valid as Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831 -- (Greenfield 1974:28 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Chen et al. 1990:253 [ref. 16678], Randall et al. 1990:62 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:188 [ref. 27969] with author as Cuvier, Randall & Greenfield 1996:36 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:144 [ref. 24620], Kuiter 1997:62 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:62 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:207 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:128 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2241 [ref. 24790], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:495 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:141 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:495 [ref. 26001] with author as Cuvier, Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830] with author as Cuvier, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377] with author as Cuvier, Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576] with author as Cuvier, Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:135 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:170 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:72 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2021:55 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:405 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

leiognathus, Myripristis Valenciennes [A.] 1846:no p., Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "la Vénus"; ref. 6165] Galápagos Islands. Holotype: ?MNHN A-2687 (dry). Non-types: ?MNHN 0000-5496 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:21-22 [ref. 20740] as holotype and paratype, but there can only be a holotype (figured specimen). Dates to publication in plate; corresponding text published as Valenciennes 1855:316 [ref. 4504]. Spelled leignathos in text in 1855, leiognathus on Pl. 4 in 1846. •Valid as Myripristis leiognathus [correct] Valenciennes 1846 [sometimes as leiognathos] -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267], Allen & Robertson 1994:95 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1185 [ref. 22829], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], McCosker et al. 1997:24 [ref. 22816], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:212 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:275 [ref. 24023], Kotlyar 1998:207 [ref. 24674], Thomson et al. 2000:59 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:70 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:101 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Cocos Islands (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

leucopus, Rhamphoberyx Gill [T. N.] 1863:88 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1679] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: (2) USNM 6304 (1, apparently lost). •Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

lychnus, Myriopristis Poey [F.] 1860:159 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MCZ 10982 (7), USNM 120425 [ex MCZ 10482] (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:182 [ref. 22926] with a holotype as MCZ 206 mm specimen; Greenfield 1974:31 [ref. 7142] regarded USNM 120425 as holotype. •Synonym of Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:31 [ref. 7142]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

macrolepis, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1872:195 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 17081] One of following: Jakarta, Java; Nias; Makassar, Sulawesi; Kajeli, Buro; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 24910 [ex RMNH 5421]. Paralectotypes: (25) BMNH 1880.4.21.15 (1); ?NMV 46486-87 (2); RMNH 5421 (some of 11), ?5157 (1). Based on literature sources and specimens. Lectotype selected by Randall & Greenfield 1996:34 [ref. 22543]. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus [hexagona is correct] (Lacepède 1802) -- (Greenfield 1974:25 [ref. 7142], Randall & Greenfield 1996:32 [ref. 22543], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Myripristis Steindachner [F.] 1861:73 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 11; ref. 18746] Locality not given. Holotype (unique): not found at NMW. •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

melanophrys, Holocentrum (Myripristis) Swainson [W.] 1839:207 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Based on Rüppell 1829:Pl. 23 (fig. 2) [ref. 33843]. •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

melanostictus, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1863:237 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 398] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5157. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Greenfield 1974:25 [ref. 7142]). •Valid as Myripristis melanostictus Bleeker 1863 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707] as melanosticta, Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1990:254 [ref. 16678] as melanosticta, Mohsin & Ambak 1996:189 [ref. 27969], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1997:846 [ref. 23713], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977], Kotlyar 1998:207 [ref. 24674], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:141 [ref. 25191] as melanosticta, Mishra & Krishnan 2003:24 [ref. 27712] as melanosticta). •Synonym of Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:25 [ref. 22543], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2239 [ref. 24790], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Randall et al. 2003:410 [ref. 26954], Randall 2005:88 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

melanostigma, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1875-78:no p., Pl. 355 (fig. 3) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 9; ref. 6835] Available from Plate, text not published; perhaps in error for another species; perhaps Myripristis melanostictus Bleeker 1863. •Synonym of Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829 -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

microphthalmus, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1852:261 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5417 (1 of 2). •Synonym of Myripristis violaceus Bleeker 1851 -- (Greenfield 1974:12 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Chen et al. 1990:256 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2243 [ref. 24790], Randall 2005:91 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

mooreanus, Myripristis Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:394 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Moorea Island, Society Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17225. Paratypes: FMNH 17226-27 (2), CAS-SU 24425 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142] as pralinius). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

multiradiatus, Myripristes Günther [A.] 1874:93 [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Vava'u, Tonga Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1873.4.3.120. •Synonym of Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831 -- (Greenfield 1974:28 [ref. 7142], Randall & Greenfield 1996:36 [ref. 22543], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2241 [ref. 24790], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

murdjan, Sciaena Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:48, xii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P4041 (partial dry skin, head missing). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:58 [ref. 9588]. Spelled murdian in Bloch & Schneider 1801:86 [ref. 471]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 14 [ref. 20847]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:23 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267], Greenfield 1974:19 [ref. 7142], Dor 1984:72 [ref. 29757], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Chen et al. 1990:254 [ref. 16678], Randall et al. 1990:62 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:76 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:17 [ref. 25356], Randall1995:94 [ref. 22896], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:189 [ref. 27969], Randall & Yamakawa 1996:217 [ref. 22430], Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:29 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:62 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:62 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:207 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:129 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2242 [ref. 24790], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:499 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:142 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:51 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Randall & Stender 2002:139 [ref. 26088], Nakabo 2002:499 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:226, 550 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:134 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:308 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:52 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:170 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:73 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:2 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:45 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:350 [ref. 37272], Nakae in Motomura et al. 2021:13 [ref. 38121], Yoshigou 2021:53 [ref. 38991] as murjan). •Valid as Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:23 [ref. 30182], Randall & Heemstra 2022:405 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll, northern Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Samoa and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia and New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: marine.

novaebritanniae, Rhynchichthys De Vis [C. W.] 1884:447 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Original as novae-Britanniae. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

occidentalis, Myriopristis Gill [T. N.] 1863:87 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1679] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Lectotype: USNM 6269. Paralectotypes: USNM 6348 (29), 6350 (37), 6352-53 (7, 51), 198176 (12). Lectotype regarded as designated by Greenfield 1965:235 [ref. 21267] but with other types as paratypes. Original genus should have been Myripristis. •Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267], Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

pahudi, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1863:22 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 15; ref. 17008] Hitu, Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 24909 [ex RMNH 5420]. Paralectotypes: (6) ?BMNH 1880.4.21.19 (1); RMNH 5420 (2). Lectotype selected by Randall & Greenfield 1996:53 [ref. 22543]. •Synonym of Myripristis vittatus Cuvier 1831 -- (Greenfield 1974:19 [ref. 7142], Randall & Greenfield 1996:52 [ref. 22543]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis vittata Valenciennes 1831. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

parvidens, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] 1829:151 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Port Praslin, New Ireland Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2581. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:22 [ref. 20740], with the Port Praslin specimen as lectotype. Appeared under Myripristis as "Myr. parvidens, Nob., id., 109" [= Russell 1803:pl. 109]. Described one month later in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:173 [ref. 4879] on a specimen from Port Praslin (MNHN A.2581); with Russell account referred on pp. 180-181 by name and pl. 109; it is clear from this treatment that the Pl. 109 in Cuvier 1829 should have been Pl. 104 (pl. 109 is not a holocentrid). We suggest that Myripristis parvidens Cuvier 1829 (Mar.) be treated as unavailable (characters of genus in conflict with Pl. 109) and regard the Apr. treatment as available (following current authors); an alternative is to apply to the ICZN to reject parvidens Cuvier (Mar.) 1829. •Valid as Myripristis parvidens Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:11 [ref. 7142], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:72 [ref. 29757], Chen et al. 1990:254 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2242 [ref. 24790], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:148 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

pelamidis, Rhynchichthys Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:504, Pl. 208 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Indian Seas, below Equator, 85° Longitude to the east of Paris meridian. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-0870 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:24 [ref. 20740]. •Juvenile of a Myripristis. Current status: Synonym of Myripristis. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

phaeopus, Myripristis Seale [A.] 1906:28, Fig. 8 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3999] Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, southern Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 2280. •Synonym of Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831 -- (Greenfield 1974:29 [ref. 7142], Randall & Greenfield 1996:36 [ref. 22543]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes 1831. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

poecilopus, Rhamphoberyx Gill [T. N.] 1863:87 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1679] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 6273 (2), 93275 (2). •Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267] as leiognathos). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

pralinius, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:170 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Port Praslin, New Ireland Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7834. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:22 [ref. 20740]. Correct spelling apparently is Myripristis pralinia. •Valid as Myripristis pralinius Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268]). •Valid as Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:378 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:63 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:255 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:40 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:64 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:63 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2254 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:496 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:142 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:496 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:30 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:779 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:170 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:75 [ref. 34690], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2021:55 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:406 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Line Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

randalli, Myripristis Greenfield [D. W.] 1974:34, Figs. 23, 27 [Science Bulletin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 19; ref. 7142] Rurutu Island, Austral Islands, off Avera, South Pacific, depth 150 feet. Holotype: BPBM 11479. Paratypes: ANSP 117833 (1); BMNH 1972.2.25.1 (1); BPBM 11473 (2), 12116 (1); CAS 14159 (1); FMNH 71213 (1); LACM 32708-1 (1); MNHN 1972-0019 (1); USNM 206691 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:59 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Myripristis randalli Greenfield 1974 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Randall & Yamakawa 1996:221 [ref. 22430], Randall & Greenfield 1996:43 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2254 [ref. 24790], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis randalli Greenfield 1974. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

robusta, Myripristis Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 1996:43, Pl. 5C [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 25; ref. 22543] Bagalangit, Calumpan Peninsula, Batangas, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: BPBM 23473. Paratypes: AMS I.37470-001 [ex BPBM 23473] (1), BPBM 32576 (1), USNM 341528 (1). •Valid as Myripristis robusta Randall & Greenfield 1996 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1999:2234 [ref. 24790], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:131 [ref. 26352], Allen & Erdmann 2012:171 [ref. 31980], Yoshida et al. 2013:66 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:76 [ref. 34690]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis robusta Randall & Greenfield 1996. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Gulf of Thailand. Habitat: marine.

sanguineus, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] in Seale 1906:26, Fig. 7 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3999] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51721. Paratypes: ANSP 88562 (1), BPBM 1445 (1), CAS-SU 8672 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Myripristis pralinius Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Chen et al. 1990:255 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:40 [ref. 22543], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

schultzei, Myripristis Seale [A.] 1910:504 [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Samal Island, Davao Gulf, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 3899 (apparently lost). •Synonym of Myripristis violaceus Bleeker 1851 -- (Greenfield 1974:12 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

sealei, Myripristis Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:439, Fig. 13 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands [probably erroneous; should be eastern Pacific]. Holotype: USNM 50708. Paratypes: CAS-SU 23298 (11). •Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267] as leiognathos, Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379] but locality doubtful). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

seychellensis, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:172 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9518. Non-type material: MNHN 0000-7579 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:23 [ref. 20740] as holotype (9518) and paratype. •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Greenfield 1974:20 [ref. 7142]). •Valid as Myripristis seychellensis Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Chen et al. 1990:256 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:47 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Fricke 1999:130 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Nair & Dineshkumar 2016:2 [ref. 35100], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:18 [ref. 36883], Randall & Heemstra 2022:406 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis seychellensis Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Saya de Malha Bank, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), western Mascarenes (La Réunion) and India. Habitat: marine.

spiniceps, Ostichthys Ogilby [J. D.] 1908:31 [Annals of the Queensland Museum No. 9 (pt 1); ref. 3285] Great Barrier Reef, Australia [or South Sea islands]. Holotype (unique): ?QM I.1203. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:32 [ref. 22543], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

symmetricus, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:173 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50632. Paratypes: FMNH 3950 (1), CAS-SU 7454 (1), USNM 126539 [ex USBF 1080 = USFC 2704] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:59 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau 1873) -- (Greenfield 1974:8 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:15 [ref. 22543], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

tiki, Myripristis Greenfield [D. W.] 1974:9, Figs. 6, 24 [Science Bulletin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 19; ref. 7142] Hanga Pico, Easter Island, southeastern Pacific, depth 7 meters. Holotype: UBC 65-453. Paratypes: BMNH 1966.5.23.1 (1); BPBM 6607 (3), 11506 (4), 12115 (now 14); FMNH 73474 (1); LACM 6560-10 (46); CAS-SU 67178 (1, missing); UBC uncat. (1); USNM 200381 (2); 202537 [ex UW 19697] (1). Additional material: UBC (6 lots, 45), USNM 65592 (5). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:59 [ref. 12367]. Fig. 24 is not this species. •Valid as Myripristis tiki Greenfield 1974 -- (Pequeño 1989:53 [ref. 14125], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:48 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2255 [ref. 24790], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis tiki Greenfield 1974. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Central Pacific. Habitat: marine.

tiki, Myripristis amaenus Greenfield [D. W.] 1966:facsimile p. 52 [Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering v. 27 (no. 6) (for Dec. 1966); ref. 1890] Name only in abstract, not available. Appeared in 1985 facsimile, but not regarded as available; later described as Myripristis tiki. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Myripristis tiki Greenfield 1974. Holocentridae: Myripristinae.

trachyacron, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1863:24 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 15; ref. 17008] Hitu, Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5419. •Valid as Myripristis trachyacron Bleeker 1863 -- (Greenfield 1974:15 [ref. 7142], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:50 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2255 [ref. 24790], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:171 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis trachyacron Bleeker 1863. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

undecimalis, Myripristis Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:393 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Takaroa Island, Tuamotu Islands. Holotype (unique): FMNH 17228. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:59 [ref. 12367]. The spelling violacea is correct. •Synonym of Myripristis violaceus Bleeker 1851 -- (Greenfield 1974:12 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

violaceus, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1851:234 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Maluku, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 1642. •Valid as Myripristis violaceus Bleeker 1851 -- (Greenfield 1974:12 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674]). •Valid as Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1986:425 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:378 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:17 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:63 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:256 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:63 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2243 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:498 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:143 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:498 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:30 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:91 [ref. 28239], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:171 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:66 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:76 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805], Bourjon & Fricke 2019:417 [ref. 37177], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2021:52 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:407 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

viridensis, Myripristis Troschel [F. H.] 1866:199 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 32 (pt. 1); ref. 4465] Cape Verde Islands. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:31 [ref. 7142]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

vittatus, Myripristis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:492 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7588. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:23 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Myripristis vittatus Valenciennes 1831 -- (Greenfield 1974:18 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:378 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:17 [ref. 13251], Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268]). •Valid as Myripristis vittata Valenciennes 1831 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1986:425 [ref. 5707], Randall et al. 1990:63 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:256 [ref. 16678], Randall et al. 1993:227 [ref. 21003], Randall & Greenfield 1996:52 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:30 [ref. 26476] with author as Cuvier, Kuiter 1997:64 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:63 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:131 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2255 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:495 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:143 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:495 [ref. 26001] with author as Cuvier, Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830] with author as Cuvier, Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624] with author as Cuvier, Randall 2005:91 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:308 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:779 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:149 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:34 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:172 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:42 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:77 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:114 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Randall & Heemstra 2022:407 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis vittata Valenciennes 1831. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

woodsi, Myripristis Greenfield [D. W.] 1974:32, Figs. 22, 24 (with wrong label) [Science Bulletin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 19; ref. 7142] Eniwetak Atoll, Giriinien Island, Marshall Islands. Holotype: USNM 199393. Paratypes: BMNH 1965.10.19.16 (1), BPBM 7275 (1), FMNH 44422 (3), CAS-SU 63239 (1), USNM 199392 (1), UW 18603 (1). Additional non-type material: FMNH (4 lots, 13), CAS-SU (5 lots, 15), USNM (15 lots, 28), UW (5 lots, 8). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:59 [ref. 12367] but only as 3 paratypes, original mentions 13. Appeared first as name only in abstract in Greenfield 1966 [ref. 1890]. •Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:53 [ref. 22543]). •Valid as Myripristis woodsi Greenfield 1974 -- (Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292], Randall & Yamakawa 1996:221 [ref. 22430], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2234 [ref. 24790], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2256 [ref. 24790], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:91 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis woodsi Greenfield 1974. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

xanthacrus, Myripristis Randall [J. E.] & Guézé [P.] 1981:6, Figs. 1C, 4, 10 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 334; ref. 8561] South side near entrance of Suakin Harbor , Red Sea State, Sudan, Red Sea, cave at depth of 15-17 meters. Holotype: BPBM 19784. Paratypes: ANSP 137869 (1); BMNH 1960.3.15.100-101 (2), 1960.3.15.111-113 (3); BPBM 20381 (2), 20443 (2), 20469 (1), 20735 (2), 21568 (2); CAS 38534 (1); HUJF 8374 (1); LACM 36278-1 (1); MNHN 1977-0001 (1), 1977-0452 (7); USNM 216608-11 (17, 12, 5, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:114 [ref. 13621], Golani 2006:23 [ref. 28840]. Correct spelling in Myripristis apparently is xanthacra. •Valid as Myripristis xanthacrus Randall & Guézé 1981 -- (Dor 1984:72 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:17 [ref. 25356], Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:209 [ref. 24674], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377]). •Valid as Myripristis xanthacra Randall & Guézé 1981 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:55 [ref. 22543], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:45 [ref. 36273], Randall & Heemstra 2022:408 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis xanthacra Randall & Guézé 1981. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.