pleurostigma, Upeneus Bennett [E. T.] 1831:59 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 16795] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: BMNH 1861.8.14.32. •Valid as Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett 1831) -- (Lachner 1960:26 [ref. 23973], Kyushin et al. 1982:138 [ref. 19754], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:164 [ref. 6441], Ben-Tuvia 1986:612 [ref. 5641], Allen & Swainston 1988:90 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:41 [ref. 13251] as pleurostigmus, Randall et al. 1990:212 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:131 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:202 [ref. 23929], Randall 1995:242 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:142 [ref. 23977], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:382 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:111 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:212 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:160 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:317 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:16 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:876 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:284 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:149 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:15 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:105 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:102 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3193 [ref. 26109], Kim 2002:64 [ref. 26347], Nakabo 2002:876 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:629 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:72 [ref. 27576] dated 1830, Randall et al. 2004:18 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3322 [ref. 27945], Randall 2004:47 [ref. 28086], Randall 2005:299 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:392 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:1269 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:266 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:69 [ref. 30213], Imamura in Imamura et al. 2009:175 [ref. 31157], Randall & Heemstra 2009:39 [ref. 30542], Allen & Erdmann 2012:508 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:261 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:96 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Stewart 2015:1291 [ref. 34196], Koeda et al. 2016:49 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:227 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:176 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:81 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:504 [ref. 37272], Durville et al. 2021:312 [ref. 38802], Mochizuki et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38974], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521], Echreshavi et al. 2022:12 [ref. 39234], Uiblein & Randall 2022:364 [ref. 39855], Zajonz et al. 2022:213 [ref. 40522], Zajonz et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40906]). Current status: Valid as Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett 1831). Mullidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues); Myanmar and Andaman Sea east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), northern New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.