Species that contain: Upeneoides and bensasi [ 2 ] records

guttatus, Upeneoides Day [F.] 1868:938 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 3) (art. 7); ref. 21114] Chennai [Madras], southeast India. Lectotype: BMNH 1868.5.14.11. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1975.9.30.19 (1, dried LHS skin). Day specimens: AMS I.25 (1, ? syntype) Madras; Z to SI 2912 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:297 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. Lectotype selected by Uiblein & Maclaine 2022:292 [ref. 39017]. •Synonym of Upeneus bensasi (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Lachner 1954:509 [ref. 10031]). •Valid as Upeneus guttatus (Day 1868) -- (Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Randall & Kulbicki 2006:301 [ref. 28802], Randall & Kulbicki 2006:301 [ref. 28802], Kimura in Imamura et al. 2009:175 [ref. 31157], Uiblein & Heemstra 2010:42 [ref. 30763], Uiblein & Heemstra 2011:587 [ref. 31346], Uiblein & Heemstra 2011:647 [ref. 31501], Yamashita et al. 2011:54 [ref. 31639], Motomura et al. 2012:7 [ref. 32116], Uiblein & McGrouther 2012:62 [ref. 32282], Uiblein & Lisher 2013:92 [ref. 32906], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33460], Uiblein & Gledhill 2014:14 [ref. 33614], Bos 2014:755 [ref. 33588], Uiblein & Gouws 2015:[18] 1038 [ref. 33992], Uiblein & White 2015:51 [ref. 33856], Psomadakis et al. 2015:285 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:162 [ref. 35490], Uiblein et al. 2017:295 [ref. 35570], Fricke et al. 2018:227 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:103 [ref. 36273], Uiblein et al. 2019:192 [ref. 37008], Psomadakis et al. 2020:504 [ref. 37272], Uiblein et al. 2020:530 [ref. 37717], Uiblein & Motomura 2021:315 [ref. 38170], Echreshavi et al. 2022:17 [ref. 39234], Uiblein & Maclaine 2022:285 [ref. 39017], Uiblein & Randall 2022:368 [ref. 39855], Vilasri et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40764], Vishnupriya & Nair 2023:118 [ref. 40508], Uiblein et al. 2024:24 [ref. 40891]). Current status: Valid as Upeneus guttatus (Day 1868). Mullidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya south to southern Mozambique), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

tokisensis, Upeneoides Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:22 [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 48 (1. Abth.); ref. 4247] Tokyo Bay, Japan; Kochi, Japan; Tango, Japan. Syntypes: (several) NMW, ?ZMB 12063 (1). Species not listed in earlier abstract [ref. 20490]. Type information (ZMB) from Amaoka & Fujii 1999:162 [ref. 26515]. •Synonym of Ueneus bensasi (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Lachner 1954:509 [ref. 10031]). •Synonym of Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Randall et al. 1993:302 [ref. 21647]). Current status: Synonym of Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782). Mullidae. Habitat: marine.