Species that contain: Pempheris and molucca [ 3 ] records

adustus, Pempheris Bleeker [P.] 1877:50 [34] [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 12; ref. 17114] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6161. On p. 34 of separate. Figured in Bleeker 1877:Pl. 383 (fig. 1) [ref. 6835]; earliest publication not established. •Possible synonym of Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker 1855 -- (Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Pempheris adusta Bleeker 1877 -- (Heemstra 1986:669 [ref. 5660], Fricke 1999:320 [ref. 24106], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Fricke et al. 2009:70 [ref. 30213], Koeda et al. 2013:236 [ref. 32431], Koeda et al. 2013:123 [ref. 33257], Koeda et al. 2014:301 [ref. 33297], Randall et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33585] not Red Sea, Koeda et al. 2015:275 [ref. 35336], Koeda et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Koeda 2017:5 [ref. 37096], Koeda & Motomura 2017:[4] [ref. 35326], Koeda in Motomura et al. 2021:37 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Pempheris adusta Bleeker 1877. Pempheridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) and eastern Indonesia east to New Guinea, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands. IUCN (2020): not assessed. Habitat: marine.

molucca, Pempheris Cuvier [G.] 1829:195 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Molucca Islands, Indonesia; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-0217 (1) Jakarta (coll. Renard), ?MNHN A-0220 (1) Molucca Islands [Bauchot's holotype]; ?RMNH 1483 (1) Moluccas. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:166 [ref. 20718] as holotype and paratypes. Available from footnote as, "P. molucca, N., Renard, I, xv, 85; et Valent., no. 46." ('Ikan toetetoe' of Valentyn 1726:360, fig. 46 [ref. 30358].). Spelled moluca by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:306 [ref. 4881]. •Mention -- (Dor 1984:166 [ref. 29757]). •Possible synonym of Pempheris mangula Cuvier 1829 -- (Heemstra 1986:669 [ref. 5660]). •Valid as Pempheris molucca Cuvier 1829 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:46 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:391 [ref. 27969] as moluca, Koeda et al. 2013:236 [ref. 32431], Koeda et al. 2014:311 [ref. 33297], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321]). •A nomen dubium -- (Randall et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33585]). Current status: Valid as Pempheris molucca Cuvier 1829. Pempheridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

russellii, Pempheris Day [F.] 1888:788 [The fishes of India Suppl.; ref. 1082] Karachi, India; Sind, Pakistan. Syntypes: ZSI F910 (1, figured specimen). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762]. Based on Day's treatment of Pempheris molucca on p. 175, Pl. 42 (fig. 2) (not of Cuvier). Literature sources also added, including "Sparus mangulakutti" Russell 1803:10, Pl. 14 [ref. 13862]. •Synonym of Pempheris mangula Cuvier 1829 -- (Koeda et al. 2014:309 [ref. 33297]). •Valid as Pempheris russellii Day 1888 -- (Randall et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33585], Psomadakis et al. 2015:288 [ref. 34104], Randall & Victor 2015:7 [ref. 34131], Randall & Victor 2022:111 [ref. 39910]). Current status: Valid as Pempheris russellii Day 1888. Pempheridae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: southern Iran and Pakistan. Habitat: marine.