iota, Sargocentron Randall [J. E.] 1998:36, Pl. 3 (fig. B); Fig. 13 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 27; ref. 23300] Off Kahe Point Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaiian Island, depth 11 meters. Holotype: BPBM 11988. Paratypes: AMS I.24149-001 (1); BMNH 1983.12.24.1 (1); BPBM 9569 (1), 31121 (1), 33615 (1); CAS 95801 (3); NSMT-P 53813 (2); ROM 65622 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 55265 (1); USNM 257193 (1), 258854 (2), 288236 (1). •Valid as Sargocentron iota Randall 1998 -- (Myers 1999:84 [ref. 23965], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2235 [ref. 24790], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:95 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:311 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:152 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:175 [ref. 31980], Hagiwara & Motomura 2019:2 [ref. 36848], Aikake et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38441]). Current status: Valid as Sargocentron iota Randall 1998. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands, north to Amami Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.