multiradiatus, Phtheirichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1943:256, Pl. 9 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Off reef of Canton Island, Phoenix Islands (off of a barricuda). Holotype: USNM 115736. Paratypes: MCZ 37257 [ex USNM 117864] (1). •Synonym of Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies 1791) -- (Lachner 1973:637 [ref. 7221], Lachner & Post 1990:726 [ref. 18541], Lindberg et al. 1997:19 [ref. 23547], Mundy 2005:360 [ref. 28379], Parenti 2021:568 [ref. 38651]). Current status: Synonym of Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies 1791). Echeneidae. Habitat: marine.