bellus, Genicanthus Randall [J. E.] 1975:402, Pl. 1 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 25 (no. 3); ref. 6490] Outside barrier reef off District of Paea, Tahiti, Society Islands, depth 60 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16840. Paratypes: ANSP 127544 (2), BPBM 16841 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:41 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Genicanthus bellus Randall 1975 -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Myers 1999:172 [ref. 23965], Pyle 2001:3282 [ref. 26118], Allen & Adrim 2002:42 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:339 [ref. 28239], Hobbs et al. 2007:108 [ref. 29249], Hobbs et al. 2008:9 [ref. 39350], Allen & Erdmann 2012:555 [ref. 31980], Galbraith et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Genicanthus bellus Randall 1975. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Islands (Australia) and Indonesia east to Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands and Society Islands, north to Philippines, south to Coral Sea (Australia). Habitat: marine.