Species that contain: Aporops and bilinearis [ 3 ] records

allfreei, Aporops Smith [J. L. B.] 1953:553, Fig. 2 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 6 (no. 67) (art. 50); ref. 4086] Kisiti Island, Kenya, 4°43'S, 39°23'E, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 128. Paratypes: (1) not researched. •Valid as Aporops allfreei Smith 1953 -- (Smith 1986:541 [ref. 5712], Winterbottom et al. 1989:23 [ref. 13251]). •Synonym of Aporops bilinearis Schultz 1943 -- (Randall & Baldwin 1997:10 [ref. 22812], Parenti & Randall 2020:95 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:83 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Aporops bilinearis Schultz 1943. Grammistidae. Habitat: marine.

bilinearis, Aporops Schultz [L. P.] 1943:112, Fig. 9 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef at Hull Island, Phoenix Islands [Kiribati Islands], western Pacific Ocean. Holotype: USNM 115336. Paratypes: MCZ 37301 [ex USNM 115340] (1); USNM 115335 (1), 115337-39 (1, 1, 3), 115340 (orig. 8, now 7). •Valid as Aporops bilinearis Schultz 1943 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:140 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:523 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:123 [ref. 15987], Randall & Baldwin 1997:10 [ref. 22812], Randall et al. 1997:123 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:118 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2473 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:731 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:11 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:731 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:170 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:349 [ref. 28379], Hoese et al. 2006:1027 [ref. 28999], Randall 2007:198 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:383 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:309 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:58 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:144 [ref. 35805], Parenti & Randall 2020:95 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:49 [ref. 38701], Heemstra 2022:83 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Valid as Aporops bilinearis Schultz 1943. Grammistidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), northern Line Islands (Kiribati) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Aporops Kamohara [T.] 1957:21, Fig. 14 [Reports of the Usa Marine Biological Station v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 12148] Wan, Amami, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): BSKU 5425. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:3 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Aporops japonicus Kamohara 1957 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:140 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Aporops bilinearis Schultz 1943 -- (Randall & Baldwin 1997:10 [ref. 22812], Parenti & Randall 2020:95 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Aporops bilinearis Schultz 1943. Grammistidae. Habitat: marine.