Genicanthus (subgenus of Holacanthus) Swainson [W.] 1839:170, 212 Masc. Holacanthus lamarck Lacepède 1802. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1882:273 [ref. 5966]. Species sometimes spelled Lemarckii. •Synonym of Centropyge Kaup 1860 -- (Gaither et al. 2014:44 [ref. 35448]). •Valid as Genicanthus Swainson 1839 -- (Randall 1975 [ref. 6490], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:188 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:624 [ref. 5714], Pyle 2001:3267 [ref. 26118], Allen et al. 2006:1307 [ref. 29090], Trnski 2015:1306 [ref. 34198], Motomura et al. 2017:170 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:242 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:198 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Genicanthus Swainson 1839. Pomacanthidae.