Species that contain: Holocentrus and ruber [ 8 ] records

alboruber, Holocentrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:333, 372 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] China. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:35 [ref. 20740]. Originally albo-ruber. Based on a figure and manuscript. •Synonym of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall 1998:65 [ref. 23300]). Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Holocentrus Shaw [G.] 1803:565 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Japan. Unneeded new name for Epinephelus ruber Bloch 1793. •Synonym of Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch 1793) -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:89 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch 1793). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

marginatum, Holocentrum Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:216 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Indian seas. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4047. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:16 [ref. 20740], Bauchot & Daget 1996:241 [ref. 22899]. •Synonym of Holocentrus ruber (Forsskål 1775) -- (authors). •Synonym of Sargocentron praslin (Lacepède 1802) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:14 [ref. 5144], Randall 1998:58 [ref. 23300]). Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron praslin (Lacepède 1802). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Habitat: marine.

orientale, Holocentrum Cuvier [G.] 1829:150 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Puducherry, India. Neotype: MNHN-5516 (dry). Cuvier specimens: MNHN A-0073 (2), A-0077 (1), A-0078 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:17 [ref. 20740]. Available from footnote 2 of account of Holocentrum as "Hol. orientale, Nob., Seb., III, xxvii, 1." Described also by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:197 [ref. 4879] from specimens from Pondicherry, the Red Sea and the Indian archipelago. Lectotype selected by Bauchot 1970:17 [ref. 20740] from Pondicherry specimen, but this is incorrect; this specimen was correctly designated the neotype by Randall 1998:67 [ref. 23300]. Predated by Holocentrus orientale Cuvier in Guérin-Méneville 1827-31, Pl. 27 [ref. 29508]. •Synonym of Adioryx ruber (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:71 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:16 [ref. 5144], Randall 1998:65 [ref. 23300], Parenti & Desoutter-Meniger 2007:397 [ref. 29507]). Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Habitat: marine.

ruber, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:253, 273 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius; Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:36 [ref. 20740], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:114 [ref. 12478]. Based on Commerson manuscript. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Holocentrus by Sciaena rubra Forsskål 1775. •Synonym of Sargocentron seychellense (Smith & Smith 1963) -- (Fricke 1999:139 [ref. 24106]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron seychellense (Smith & Smith 1963). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Rocky bottoms and coral reefs. Habitat: marine.

ruber, Holocentrus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:18 [Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz; ref. 3582] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche 1809) -- (Parenti 2019:112 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche 1809). Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Habitat: marine.

ruber, Holocentrus Bennett [J. W.] 1828:unnum. p., Pl. 4 [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka. No types known. Secondarily preoccupied in Holocentrus by Sciaena ruber Forsskål 1775 -- (see Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:44 [ref. 21456]). Also objectivley invalid; preoccupied by Holocentrus ruber Rafinesque 1814 -- (see Eschmeyer & Pethiyagoda 1996:143 [ref. 22472]). •Synonym of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Habitat: marine.

rubra, Sciaena Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:48, xi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Off Customs dock, Port Sudan harbor, Sudan, Red Sea, depth 3-4 meters. Neotype: BPBM 28183. Neotype designated by Randall & Heemstra 1985:17 [ref. 5144]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:23 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Holocentrus ruber (Forsskål 1775) -- (Nielsen 1973:342 [ref. 6885]). •Valid as Adioryx ruber (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:50 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:41 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:70 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Dispinus ruber (Forsskål 1775) -- (Chen et al. 1997:31 [ref. 26476]). •Valid as Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:112 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1985:16 [ref. 5144], Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. 1986:754 [ref. 13676], Randall & Heemstra 1986:420 [ref. 5707], Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:381 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:67 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:76 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:18 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:96 [ref. 22896], Kotlyar 1996:85 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:191 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:351 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:60 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:67 [ref. 25919], Randall 1998:65 [ref. 23300], Kotlyar 1998:203 [ref. 24674], Khan 1998:230 [ref. 24980], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2251 [ref. 24790], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:489 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:146 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:52 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2000:177 [ref. 25987], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:62 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:489 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:24 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Golani 2005:30 [ref. 37112], Randall 2005:97 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:784 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2007:72 [ref. 29533], Fricke 2008:23 [ref. 30182], Satapoomin 2009:54 [ref. 30463], Fricke et al. 2011:374 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:177 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:67 [ref. 34464], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:414 [ref. 33460], Fricke et al. 2014:43 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:182 [ref. 34104], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:98 [ref. 34690], Motomura et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35490], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:117 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:46 [ref. 36273], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:72 [ref. 36460], Artüz & Fricke 2019:555 [ref. 36612], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36864], Fricke et al. 2019:87 [ref. 36673], Bariche & Fricke 2020:118 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Nakae in Motomura et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38121], Golani 2021:33 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:32 [ref. 39014], Yoshigou 2021:49 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:398 [ref. 39719], Vilasri et al. 2023:74 [ref. 40764], Allen & Erdmann 2024:194 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål 1775). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and Lord Howe Island; southeastern Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.