Species that contain: Parapriacanthus and guentheri [ 2 ] records

guentheri, Pempherichthys Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:470 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Lectotype: BMNH 1871.7.15.35. Paralectotypes: SMNS 1752 (1), ZMB 8007 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:15 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:52 [ref. 29864]. Lectotype selected by Randall & Bogorodsky 2016:10 [ref. 34332]. •Synonym of Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner 1870 -- (Heemstra 1986:669 [ref. 5660], Randall 1995:244 [ref. 22896]). •Valid as Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Dor 1984:165 [ref. 29757], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Randall & Bogorodsky 2016:10 [ref. 34332], Golani & Fricke 2018:105 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:95 [ref. 39910]). Current status: Valid as Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger 1871). Pempheridae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen). Habitat: marine.

ransonneti, Parapriacanthus Steindachner [F.] 1870:623 [1], Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 61 (1. Abth.); ref. 4218] Nagasaki, Japan. Syntypes: NMW 37101 (1), 38606 (1). On p. 1 of separate. •Valid as Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner 1870 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:165 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:669 [ref. 5660], Winterbottom et al. 1989:41 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:213 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:46 [ref. 25356] as ransonnari, Randall 1995:244 [ref. 22896] [not this species], Allen 1997:144 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:194 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:213 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:161 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:320 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:738 [ref. 25471], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:878 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:105 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Mooi 2001:3204 [ref. 26110], Nakabo 2002:878 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:352, 623 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:114 [ref. 27510], Kim & Sasaki 2004:181 [ref. 27983], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:326 [ref. 28072], Bray & Paxton 2006:1276 [ref. 29093], Fricke et al. 2009:70 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:130 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:512 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:261 [ref. 32706], Randall & Bogorodsky 2016:3 [ref. 34332], Koeda et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35333], Koeda 2017:3 [ref. 37096], Motomura et al. 2017:165 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:230 [ref. 35805], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Sonoyama et al. 2020:77 [ref. 37637], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner 1870. Pempheridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to southern Sea of Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia. Former Red Sea records are now assigned to P. guentheri (Klunzinger 1871). Habitat: marine.