Species that contain: Pentapodus and trivittatus [ 8 ] records

decacanthus, Bodianus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:281, 293 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality [Molucca Islands, Indonesia ?]. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9446 (2, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:12 [ref. 19171], Bauchot et al. 1983:6 [ref. 11366]. •Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228]). Current status: Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.

elongatus, Scolopsis Weber [M.] 1913:281, Fig. 67 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Elat, High Key, Siboga station 261. Syntypes: ZMA 113093 (3). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:90 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228]). Current status: Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.

fischerii, Bodianus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:281, 293 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality. Holotype (unique) (?): MNHN A-0688 (dry skin, left side). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:6 [ref. 11366]. •Questionably a synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228]). Current status: Uncertain as Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Grammistes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:182 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Japan [in error]. No types known. Objective synonym of Labrus trivittatus Bloch 1791. Based on Sparus trivittatus [sic] of Bloch (= Labrus trivittatus Bloch 1791 [ref. 4867]) pl. 275 on which the name Sparus vittatus appears (not Sparus vittatus of p. 33, pl. 263 of same work). •Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Current status: Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.

pleurostictus, Pentapus Duncker [G.] & Mohr [E.] 1929:64, Fig. 3 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg. v. 44; ref. 15892] Thilenius Harbor, south coast of New Pomerania. Holotype (unique): ZMH H146 [ex 12004]. Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:163 [ref. 19181]. •Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228]). Current status: Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.

trivittatus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:106, Pl. 275 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] Japan [in error]. No types known. Text cites pl. 275 on which the name Sparus vittatus appears. Not Sparus vittatus of p. 33, pl. 263. On p. 83 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 8 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228] but not occurring in Japan, Allen 1997:140 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:157 [ref. 23965], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:321 [ref. 27969], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Russell 2001:3086 [ref. 26106], Russell 2001:56 [ref. 26651], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:103 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Allen & Erdmann 2009:285 [ref. 30093], Allen & Erdmann 2012:483 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:92 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:151 [ref. 35490], Allen et al. 2018:88 [ref. 36276], Fricke et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Malaysia and Philippines, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

unicolor, Pentapus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:263 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-0688 (dry skin, left side). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:9 [ref. 11366]; holotype is also possibly the holotype for Bodianus fischerii Lacepède 1802. •Questionably a synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228]). Current status: Uncertain as Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.

xanthopleura, Heterognathodon Bleeker [P.] 1849:31 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 5); ref. 16906] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Appeared first in Bleeker 1848:634 [ref. 315] as "I have named the first species of the genus discovered by me, Heterodon zonatus, which name I afterwards changed into Heterognathodon xanthopleura, ..." Heterodon zonatus Bleeker 1845 is not available, so the "replacement" is not available from 1848:634 but dates to 1850 as above; also in Bleeker 1850:101 [ref. 16888]. •Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) -- (Russell 1990:92 [ref. 19228]). Current status: Synonym of Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.