Species that contain: Pikea and aurora [ 1 ] records

aurora, Pikea Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:178 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50675. Paratypes: FMNH 4248 (1); CAS-SU 6074 (4), 7484 (1); USFC 2734 [? = USNM 126553] (1); USNM 126553 [ex USBF 1044] (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:65 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Liopropoma aurora (Jordan & Evermann 1903) -- (Randall & Taylor 1988:16 [ref. 6429], Mundy 2005:348 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:199 [ref. 30952], Akhilesh et al. 2012:48 [ref. 32130], Parenti & Randall 2020:104 [ref. 37354], Esmaeili et al. 2023:220 [ref. 40327]). Current status: Valid as Liopropoma aurora (Jordan & Evermann 1903). Liopropomatidae: Liopropomatinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.