Species that contain: Myripristis and pralinia [ 4 ] records

bleekeri, Myripristis Günther [A.] (ex Bleeker) 1859:20 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1880.4.21.20 (1) [Bleeker coll.]; RMNH 5410 (1), 24913 [ex 5410] (largest of 2). Based on Myripristis pralinius of Bleeker 1851:234 [ref. 331], not of Cuvier. •Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142] as pralinius, Chen et al. 1990:255 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:40 [ref. 22543], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

mooreanus, Myripristis Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:394 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Moorea Island, Society Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17225. Paratypes: FMNH 17226-27 (2), CAS-SU 24425 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142] as pralinius). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

pralinius, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:170 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Port Praslin, New Ireland Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7834. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:22 [ref. 20740]. Correct spelling apparently is Myripristis pralinia. •Valid as Myripristis pralinius Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:113 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1998:208 [ref. 24674], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268]). •Valid as Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1986:424 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:378 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:63 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:255 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:88 [ref. 23292], Randall & Greenfield 1996:40 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:64 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:63 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2254 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:496 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:142 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:496 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:30 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:779 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:170 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:41 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:75 [ref. 34690], Fricke et al. 2018:113 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2021:55 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:406 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Line Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

sanguineus, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] in Seale 1906:26, Fig. 7 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3999] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51721. Paratypes: ANSP 88562 (1), BPBM 1445 (1), CAS-SU 8672 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Myripristis pralinius Cuvier 1829 -- (Greenfield 1974:22 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829 -- (Chen et al. 1990:255 [ref. 16678], Randall & Greenfield 1996:40 [ref. 22543], Randall 2005:90 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis pralinia Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.