Odonus Gistel [J.] 1848:XI Masc. Xenodon (Balistes) niger Rüppell 1836. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Xenodon Rüppell 1836, preoccupied; predates Erythrodon Rüppell 1852 and Pyrodon Kaup 1855. •Valid as Odonus Gistel 1848 -- (Matsuura 1980:33 [ref. 6943], Tyler 1980:120 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Aboussouan & Leis 1984:452 [ref. 13661], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:879 [ref. 5714], Lindberg et al. 1997:57 [ref. 23547], Matsuura 2001:3912 [ref. 26315], Allen et al. 2006:1873 [ref. 29098], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2018:377 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:177 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:322 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:655 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Valid as Odonus Gistel 1848. Balistidae.