Kyphosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:114 Masc. Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:124 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. Unjustifiably emended to Cyphosus by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:792 [ref. 2476] (see Briggs 1961:162 [ref. 13439]). •Valid as Kyphosus Lacepède 1801 -- (Desoutter 1973:420 [ref. 7203], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:166 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:912 [ref. 13676], Smith 1986:603 [ref. 5712], Gomon et al. 1994:612 [ref. 22532], Sakai & Nakabo 1995 [ref. 21821], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:391 [ref. 24550], Sakai 2001:3291 [ref. 26121], Carpender 2003:1685 [ref. 27092], Parin 2003:S14 [ref. 28536], Sakai & Nakabo 2004:20 [ref. 27596], Hoese & Bray 2006:1322 [ref. 29000], Sakai & Nakabo 2006:337 [ref. 29152], Sakai & Nakabo 2008:2 [ref. 29523], Gomon 2008:599 [ref. 30616], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:50 [ref. 36649], Knudsen & Clements 2014:6 [ref. 33031], Sakai & Nakabo 2014:[1] 214 [ref. 33211], Parin et al. 2014:375 [ref. 33547], Mannino et al. 2015:45 [ref. 33840], Gilbert 2015:295 [ref. 33917], Knudsen & Clements 2015:1316 [ref. 34204], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Motomura et al. 2017:176 [ref. 35490], Bañón et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35616], Fricke et al. 2018:233 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:176 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:180 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Kyphosus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae.