Species that contain: Sectator and ocyurus [ 2 ] records

azureus, Sectator Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:185 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Offshore near Heeia, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50664. •Synonym of Sectator ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Randall 2005:307 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:412 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:272 [ref. 30952]). •Synonym of Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:48 [ref. 33031]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

ocyurus, Pimelepterus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:327 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 1 (for 1881); ref. 2471] Panama Bay [eastern Pacific]. Holotype: USNM 29395. Paratypes: BMNH 1903.5.15.55 (1) [from Jordan]; USNM 29397 (1), 29725 (1, not found in 1980). •Valid as Sectator ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Brooks 1987:49 [ref. 23113], Allen & Robertson 1994:177 [ref. 22193], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:166 [ref. 6441], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1200 [ref. 22829], Franke & Acero P. 1996:768 [ref. 22923], Allen & Robertson 1997:827 [ref. 41086], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:431 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:366 [ref. 24555] as oxyurus, Thomson et al. 2000:140 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:15 [ref. 25806], Sakai 2001:3296 [ref. 26121], Nakabo 2002:957 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:131 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:307 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:412 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:272 [ref. 30952], Béarez & Séret 2009:149 [ref. 36646], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32708], Knudsen & Clements 2013:48 [ref. 33031], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923]). •Valid as Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:9, 48 [ref. 33031], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Fourriére et al. 2016:446 [ref. 34668], Kells et al. 2016:252 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:169 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:170 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Kyphosus ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Kyphosidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Baja California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador); central Pacific: Marquesas Islands (France); waifs in southern Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Baker Island, Society Islands. Habitat: marine.