Species that contain: Sargocentron and seychellense [ 2 ] records

ruber, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:253, 273 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius; Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:36 [ref. 20740], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:114 [ref. 12478]. Based on Commerson manuscript. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Holocentrus by Sciaena rubra Forsskål 1775. •Synonym of Sargocentron seychellense (Smith & Smith 1963) -- (Fricke 1999:139 [ref. 24106]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron seychellense (Smith & Smith 1963). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Rocky bottoms and coral reefs. Habitat: marine.

seychellensis, Holocentrus Smith [J. L. B.] & Smith [M. M.] 1963:9, Pl. 87 (fig. E) [The fishes of Seychelles; ref. 5319] Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 994. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 995 (9). Described in more detail by Smith 1963:33 [ref. 32120]. •Valid as Sargocentron seychellense (Smith & Smith 1963) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:18 [ref. 5144], Randall & Heemstra 1986:421 [ref. 5707], Winterbottom et al. 1989:18 [ref. 13251], Randall 1995:96 [ref. 22896], Kotlyar 1996:85 [ref. 23292], Randall 1998:69 [ref. 23300], Kotlyar 1998:203 [ref. 24674], Fricke 1999:139 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:35 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:117 [ref. 35805], Zajonz et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36871], Randall & Heemstra 2022:399 [ref. 39719]). Current status: Valid as Sargocentron seychellense (Smith & Smith 1963). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Oman, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion and Mauritius), Cargados Carajos, Chagos Archipelago. Habitat: marine.