Abstract
The zoogeography of squirrelfish, genus Myripristis, is discussed, and various hypotheses are presented for derivation of the species. One, M. jacobus, is endemic to the tropical Atlantic, while three species are endemic to the eastern tropical Pacific (M. leiognathos, M. clarionensis, and M. gildi). The following species appear to be restricted to the Pacific Ocean: M. amaentus amaenus, M. amaenus tiki, M. chryseres, and M. woodsi. M. tracyacron and M. vittatus have been taken only in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Australian Archipelago, and M. hexagonus occurs in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific. The following species are found throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean: M. murd;an, M. kuntee, M. borbonicus, M. parvidens, M. pralinius, and M. violaceus. The circumtropical squirrelfish genus Myripristis is a group of coral reef fishes, which provides an opportunity to examine the zoogeographic relationships of a genus inhabiting all four of the major tropical
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