symmetricus, Myripristis Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:173 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50632. Paratypes: FMNH 3950 (1), CAS-SU 7454 (1), USNM 126539 [ex USBF 1080 = USFC 2704] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:59 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau 1873) -- (Greenfield 1974:8 [ref. 7142]). •Synonym of Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:15 [ref. 22543], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis amaena (Castelnau 1873). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.