spinosissimum, Holocentrum Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:22, Pl. 8 A [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] No locality stated [Nagasaki, Japan]. Lectotype: RMNH D232 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D233 (1, stuffed), 386 (2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:37 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Sargocentron spinosissimum (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:112 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1996:85 [ref. 23292], Randall 1998:78 [ref. 23300], Kotlyar 1998:203 [ref. 24674], Nakabo 2000:491 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:491 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:226, 551 [ref. 26218], Mundy 2005:313 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:154 [ref. 30952], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:101 [ref. 34690], Sonoyama et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37637], Deef 2021:109 [ref. 38340] misidentified). Current status: Valid as Sargocentron spinosissimum (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Western and central North Pacific: Taiwan to Ryukyu Islands, Japan and southern Korea, Ogasawara Islands, Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.