Species that contain: Myripristis and bowditchae [ 1 ] records

bowditchae, Myripristis Woods [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:202, Pl. 18b [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon reef halfway between Bikini Island and Amen Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Holotype: USNM 140839. Paratypes: FMNH 62595-97 (2, 1, 1); USNM 123719 (1), 139819 (1), 139821 (11), 139823 (4), 139829 (2), 140840-43 (5, 1, 1, 1), 140845-47 (19, 1, 1), 140849-51 (2, 1, 3), 140853-54 (17, 7), 143703-06 (6, 2, 8, 4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Myripristis parvidens Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:11 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:39 [ref. 22543], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:323 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805]). •Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius 1775). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.