Species that contain: Kyphosus and pacificus [ 2 ] records

pacificus, Kyphosus Sakai [K.] & Nakabo [T.] 2004:20, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Research v. 51 (no. 1); ref. 27596] Ani-jima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 82421. Paratypes: AMS.IB 5332 (1), BPBM 12226 (1), FAKU 100997 (1), IORD 76-549 (1), NSMT-P 63487 (1), QM. I 9396 (1), ZUMT 31003 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo 2004 -- (Randall 2005:305 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1323 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:271 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:133 [ref. 31256], Knudsen & Clements 2013:6 [ref. 32384], Sakai & Nakabo 2014:[1] [ref. 33211], Koeda et al. 2016:51 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Honda et al. 2022:20 [ref. 39421]). •Synonym of Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:54 [ref. 33031], Knudsen & Clements 2016:263 [ref. 34458]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus 1758). Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

sandwicensis, Pimelepterus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:221 [11] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3888] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: MNHN 0000-9818. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:174 [ref. 20718]. On p. 11 of separate. •An older name for the Hawaiian population of Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo 2004 -- (Randall 2005:305 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Kyphosus sandwicensis (Sauvage 1880) -- (Mundy 2005:410 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:271 [ref. 30952]). •Synonym of Kyphosus elegans (Peters 1869) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:40 [ref. 33031], Sakai & Nakabo 2014:287 [ref. 33211]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus elegans (Peters 1869). Kyphosidae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific, antiequatorial: Southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands and Micronesia to Hawaiian Islands; Queensland (Australia), Rapa, Tuamotu Archipelago (in valid) or Hawaiian Islands and eastern Pacific (if valid). Habitat: marine.