Pseudobalistes (subgenus of Balistes) Bleeker [P.] 1865:Pls. 218, 225 Masc. Balistes flavimarginatus Rüppell 1829. Type by monotypy. Apparently dates to Pl. 218 and Pl. 225 (1865, in part 19), with type as flavimarginatus of Bleeker = Balistes flavimarginatus Rüppell 1829; viridescens appears in Pl. 231 (part 20); corresponding text (99, 110) not published until 1869. Also in Bleeker 1866:11 [ref. 417] with type designated as viridescens (also 1869:99 [ref. 416]). •Valid as Pseudobalistes Bleeker 1865 -- (Matsuura 1980:35 [ref. 6943], Tyler 1980:123 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:880 [ref. 5714], Matsuura 2001:3912 [ref. 26315], Allen et al. 2006:1873 [ref. 29098], Sahayak et al. 2014:23 [ref. 37751], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Motomura et al. 2017:231 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:378 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:177 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:323 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:656 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Valid as Pseudobalistes Bleeker 1865. Balistidae.