zonatus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:509 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7034. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:21 [ref. 21549]. •Valid as Apsilus zonatus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Druzhinin 1973:54 [ref. 41045]). •Valid as Tropidinius zonatus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:167 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:38 [ref. 13251]). •Valid as Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1985:155 [ref. 6843], Anderson 1986:579 [ref. 5634], Anderson 1987:12 [ref. 13770], Akazaki & Iwatsuki 1987:329 [ref. 6699], Kramer et al. 1994:74 [ref. 21258], Allen 1997:126 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:516 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:279 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:830 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:490 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2915 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:830 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:206 [ref. 28072], Mundy 2005:384 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2005:123 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1206 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:251 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:63 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:250 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:201 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:458 [ref. 37272], Shimose et al. 2020:475 [ref. 37275], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:251 [ref. 39746], Liu et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40483]). Current status: Valid as Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes 1830). Lutjanidae: Etelinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to off northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), and Tonga; eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.