blochii, Priacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1853:456 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Indonesia, Java Sea, eastern Indian Ocean; Sibogha, western Sumatra, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean; Ambon Bay, Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) RMNH 30583 [ex 5552] (3 of several), 5552 (now 1). Based on multiple sources, the syntypes from Indonesia, on Anthias macrophthalmus Bloch 1792 and questionably on Priacanthus japonicus Cuvier 1829 [= Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier 1829)]. Unneeded replacement name for Anthias macrophthalmus Bloch 1792 [= Priacanthus hamrur (Fabricius 1775)]; here restricted to the Indonesian syntypes which represent a different species, Priacanthus blochii Bleeker 1853. •Synonym of Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:110 [ref. 29757], Randall 1994:262 [ref. 21644]). •Valid as Priacanthus blochii Bleeker 1853 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:187 [ref. 19754], Starnes 1988:162 [ref. 6978], Randall et al. 1990:136 [ref. 15987], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:281 [ref. 24014], Randall 1995:148 [ref. 22896], Chen et al. 1997:54 [ref. 26476] dated 1851, Iwatsuki et al. 1997:102 [ref. 23356], Kuiter 1997:136 [ref. 25488], Anderson et al. 1998:23 [ref. 23611], Starnes 1999:2599 [ref. 24834], Nakabo 2000:747 [ref. 25086], Krupp et al. 2000:328 [ref. 25117], Starnes in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:747 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:60 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:184 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:1118 [ref. 28995], Iwatsuki 2009:101 [ref. 30433], Allen & Erdmann 2012:364 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2017:94 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:70 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:97 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:130 [ref. 36673], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:677 [ref. 42208], Zajonz et al. 2019:73 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:401 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:151 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:157 [ref. 39747], Zajonz et al. 2022:98 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:388 [ref. 40796], Hashimoto et al. 2024:244 [ref. 41645], Yoshida et al. 2025:30 [ref. 42063]). Current status: Valid as Priacanthus blochii Bleeker 1853. Priacanthidae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles and Comoros east to Philippines and Samoa, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (Japan), south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.
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