Species that contain: Myripristis and hexagonus [ 5 ] records

australis, Myripristes Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:4 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:36 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Greenfield 1974:25 [ref. 7142], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

hexagonus, Lutjanus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:180, 213 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated [Sumatra, Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5423 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:23 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802) [sometimes as hexagonus] -- (Greenfield 1974:24 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:423 [ref. 5707], Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477] as hexagonatus, Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:62 [ref. 15987], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:32 [ref. 22543], Kotlyar 1997:846 [ref. 23713], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977] as hexagonatus, Randall et al. 1997:62 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Fricke 1999:128 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2254 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:497 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:141 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Nakabo 2002:497 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:51 [ref. 30463], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:169 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:65 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:69 [ref. 34690], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:112 [ref. 35805], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:72 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:350 [ref. 37272], Mochizuki et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39612], Randall & Heemstra 2022:404 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Osumi Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

macrolepis, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1872:195 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 17081] One of following: Jakarta, Java; Nias; Makassar, Sulawesi; Kajeli, Buro; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 24910 [ex RMNH 5421]. Paralectotypes: (25) BMNH 1880.4.21.15 (1); ?NMV 46486-87 (2); RMNH 5421 (some of 11), ?5157 (1). Based on literature sources and specimens. Lectotype selected by Randall & Greenfield 1996:34 [ref. 22543]. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus [hexagona is correct] (Lacepède 1802) -- (Greenfield 1974:25 [ref. 7142], Randall & Greenfield 1996:32 [ref. 22543], Randall 2005:89 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

melanostictus, Myripristis Bleeker [P.] 1863:237 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 398] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5157. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Greenfield 1974:25 [ref. 7142]). •Valid as Myripristis melanostictus Bleeker 1863 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707] as melanosticta, Allen & Swainston 1988:42 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1990:254 [ref. 16678] as melanosticta, Mohsin & Ambak 1996:189 [ref. 27969], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1997:846 [ref. 23713], Allen 1997:66 [ref. 23977], Kotlyar 1998:207 [ref. 24674], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:141 [ref. 25191] as melanosticta, Mishra & Krishnan 2003:24 [ref. 27712] as melanosticta). •Synonym of Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:25 [ref. 22543], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2239 [ref. 24790], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Randall et al. 2003:410 [ref. 26954], Randall 2005:88 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis botche Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

spiniceps, Ostichthys Ogilby [J. D.] 1908:31 [Annals of the Queensland Museum No. 9 (pt 1); ref. 3285] Great Barrier Reef, Australia [or South Sea islands]. Holotype (unique): ?QM I.1203. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:32 [ref. 22543], Allen et al. 2006:778 [ref. 29066]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède 1802). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.