Canthidermis (subgenus of Balistes) Swainson [W.] 1839:194, 325 Fem. Balistes oculatus Gray 1831. Type by subsequent designation. Spelled Canthidermes on pp. 194, 437 (index), Canthidermis on p. 325. First type designation apparently by Bleeker 1866:11 [ref. 417] as Balistes oculatus; not Balistes angulosus designated by Swain 1882:282 [ref. 5966]. •Valid as Canthidermis Swainson 1839 -- (Moore 1967:695 [ref. 22820], Fedoryako 1979:981 [ref. 8721], Matsuura 1980:66 [ref. 6943], Tyler 1980:120 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Aboussouan & Leis 1984:452 [ref. 13661], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:878 [ref. 5714], Lindberg et al. 1997:63 [ref. 23547], Matsuura 2001:3913 [ref. 26315], Matsuura 2003:1964 [ref. 27119], Parin 2003:S33 [ref. 28536], Allen et al. 2006:1872 [ref. 29098], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:550 [ref. 33547], Sahayak et al. 2014:57 [ref. 37752], Motomura et al. 2017:230 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:377 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:177 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:182 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:321 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:653 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Valid as Canthidermis Swainson 1839. Balistidae.