bleekeri, Cirrhitichthys Day [F.] 1874:705 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 4 Nov. 1873); ref. 18825] Madras, India. Syntypes: (3) ?BMNH 1889.2.1.3033-34 (2); ZSI F1745 (1), F2924 (1, dry, lost), F2977 (1, destroyed) Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Day 1874 -- (Randall 1963:441 [ref. 3599], Randall 1980:2 [ref. 37647], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Ramachandran et al. 2020:305 [ref. 37742], Donaldson & Randall 2022:76 [ref. 39891]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Day 1874. Cirrhitidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: southern India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.