Species that contain: Neocirrhites and armatus [ 2 ] records

armatus, Neocirrhites Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:101 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Noble Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown, not at MNHN or AMS. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:30 [ref. 15502]. •Valid as Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873 -- (Randall 1963:403 [ref. 3599], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:287 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:287 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:119 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:13 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:912 [ref. 25182], Randall 2001:3325 [ref. 26128], Nakabo 2002:912 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495] as Neocirrhitus, Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:176 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:120 [ref. 28745], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:338 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:1346 [ref. 29090], Gaither & Randall 2012:223 [ref. 32260], Koeda et al. 2016:63 [ref. 35333], Fujiwara et al. 2020:36 [ref. 38631], Allen & Erdmann 2024:335 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guineaeast to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Pitcairn Islands, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

melanotus, Cirrhites Günther [A.] 1874:72, Pl. 52 (fig. C) [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Raiatea; Society Islands. Syntypes: BMNH 1874.11.2.6 (1). •Synonym of Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873 -- (Randall 1963:403 [ref. 3599]). Current status: Synonym of Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau 1873. Cirrhitidae. Habitat: marine.