Species that contain: Hoplolatilus and randalli [ 2 ] records

fronticinctus, Latilus Günther [A.] 1887:550, Pl. 48 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887 (pt 3) (art. 8) (for 23 June 1887); ref. 2014] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1886.2.5.8. •Valid as Hoplolatilus fronticinctus (Günther 1887) -- (Dooley 1978:64 [ref. 5499], Heemstra 1986:614 [ref. 5660], Earle & Pyle 1997:382 [ref. 22771], Myers 1999:135 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:238 [ref. 24106], Dooley 1999:2640 [ref. 24837], Dooley in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Allen 2007:105 [ref. 29223], Dooley & Jimenez 2008:80 [ref. 29662], Allen et al. 2010:172 [ref. 30989], Motomura et al. 2010:114 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:421 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:80 [ref. 33932], Allen & Erdmann 2019:10 [ref. 36522], Lisher et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37556], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Dooley 2022:380 [ref. 39861]). Current status: Valid as Hoplolatilus fronticinctus (Günther 1887). Malacanthidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to India. Pacific records are based on H. randalli. Habitat: marine.

randalli, Hoplolatilus Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Hamilton [A. M.] 2010:174, Figs. 1-2 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 30989] Boo Kecil, 2°13.393'S, 130°34.687'E, south-eastern Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia. Holotype: NCIP 6354. Paratypes: many at AMS, BPBM, NCIP, USNM and WAM. •Valid as Hoplolatilus randalli Allen, Erdmann & Hamilton 2010 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:423 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2017:102 [ref. 35490], Allen & Erdmann 2019:10 [ref. 36522], Galbraith et al. 2024:6 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Hoplolatilus randalli Allen, Erdmann & Hamilton 2010. Malacanthidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Coral Sea (Australia) and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.