australis, Myripristes Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:4 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:36 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Myripristis hexagonus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Greenfield 1974:25 [ref. 7142], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1996:51 [ref. 22543]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis violacea Bleeker 1851. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.