Species that contain: Parupeneus and chrysopleuron [ 2 ] records

chrysopleuron, Mullus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:29, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Japan. No types known. Type information: Boeseman 1947:43 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:164 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:90 [ref. 25477], Allen 1997:142 [ref. 23977], Kim et al. 1999:2 [ref. 24394], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:877 [ref. 25182], Kim & Amaoka 2001:45 [ref. 25244], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Kim 2002:64 [ref. 26347], Nakabo 2002:877 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:350, 621 [ref. 26218], Randall 2004:16 [ref. 28086], Hoese & Bray 2006:1267 [ref. 29000], Randall & King 2009:34 [ref. 30538], Allen & Erdmann 2012:505 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:161 [ref. 35490], Hoschke et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36626], Kim et al. 2020:139 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:76 [ref. 37637], Echreshavi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39234]). Current status: Valid as Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Mullidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar east to Indonesia, north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to Geographe Bay (Western Australia) and Northern Territory (Australia). Habitat: marine.

dubius, Mullus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:30, Pl. 11 (fig. 3) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4702. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:44 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Parupeneus dubius (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Randall & Myers 1993:74 [ref. 21000], Kim 2002:64 [ref. 26347]). •Synonym of Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Randall 2004:16 [ref. 28086]). Current status: Synonym of Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Mullidae. Habitat: marine.