auriflamma, Mullus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:30, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P49343 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:66 [ref. 9588]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 4 [ref. 20847]. Forsskål's auriflamma was placed on the Official Index in Opinion 846. •Valid as Mulloidichthys auriflamma (Forsskål 1775) -- (Lachner 1960:42 [ref. 23973], Chen et al. 1997:108 [ref. 26476], Fricke et al. 2009:68 [ref. 30213]). •Synonym of Parupeneus macronema (Lacepède 1801) -- (Lachner 1960:11 [ref. 23973]). •Wrongly In the synonymy of Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Randall 2005:293 [ref. 28239]). •In the synonymy of Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé 1976) -- (Ben-Tuvia in Dor 1984:162 [ref. 29757], Ben-Tuvia & Kissil 1988:6 [ref. 12819], Randall 2004:28 [ref. 28086], Fricke 2008:43 [ref. 30182], Golani & Fricke 2018:103 [ref. 36273]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé 1976). Mullidae. Habitat: marine.