Species that contain: Erythrichthys and schlegeli [ 2 ] records

schlegelii, Erythrichthys Günther [A.] 1859:395 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Sea of Japan. No types known. Based on Erythrichthys sp. Temminck & Schlegel 1845:117, Pl. 63 (fig. 1) [ref. 4373] without citation to Richardson; if regarded as an independent description then it is an objective synonym of Emmelichthys schlegeli Richardson 1846 -- (see Heemstra & Randall 1977:372 [ref. 7057]). •Objective synonym of Emmelichthys schlegelii (Richardson 1846). •Synonym of Erythrocles schlegelii (Richardson 1846) based on current generic placement of schlegelii. Current status: Synonym of Erythrocles schlegelii (Richardson 1846). Emmelichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

scintillans, Erythrichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Thompson [W. F.] 1912:599 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 41 (no. 1875); ref. 2541] Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 51051. Based on Erythrichthys schlegeli of Jordan & Evermann 1905:245, Pl. 19 [ref. 2451]. •Valid as Erythrichthys scintillans Jordan & Thompson 1912 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:375 [ref. 7057], Randall & Rivaton 1992:1031 [ref. 20254], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:342 [ref. 22360]). •Valid as Erythrocles scintillans (Jordan & Thompson 1912) -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Miyahara & Okamura 1998:88 [ref. 23345], Nakabo 2000:818 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Carpenter 2001:2839 [ref. 26098], Randall et al. 2002:158 [ref. 26192], Nakabo 2002:818 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Shinohara et al. 2005:434 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:379 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:244 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Valid as Erythrocles scintillans (Jordan & Thompson 1912). Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, southern Mariana Islands, Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands, Easter Island, Nazca Ridge (southeastern Pacific). Habitat: marine.