Oxymonacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1865:Pl. 224 Masc. Balistes hispidus longirostris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. Apparently dates to Pl. 224 published in part 19 (1865), with type by monotypy as Oxymonacanthus longirostris; corresponding text (pp. 100, 137) published in part 21 (in 1869). May date to Bleeker 1865:183 [ref. 414] with type Monacanthus chrysospilus Bleeker by monotypy. Also in Bleeker 1866:13 [ref. 417]. •Valid as Oxymonacanthus Bleeker 1865 -- (Matsuura 1979:165 [ref. 7019], Tyler 1980:176 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:200 [ref. 14249], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:361 [ref. 6441], Hutchins 1986:884 [ref. 5673], Hutchins 2001:3930 [ref. 26316], Allen et al. 2006:1892 [ref. 29098], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2018:380 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:179 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:328 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Oxymonacanthus Bleeker 1865. Monacanthidae.