| Citation | Mundy, B.C., 2005, Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago.. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. |
| Ref. | Mundy, B.C., 2005 |
| Page | 359 |
| Named Used as Valid | Malacanthus brevirostris |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-transpacific from South Africa and Red Sea to Indonesia, southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Australia, Micronesia, Hawaii, Marquesas, Galapagos, Cocos, and Malpelo Islands, and Costa Rica to Ecuador. |
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