Pomacanthus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:517 Masc. Chaetodon arcuatus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated first by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:615 [ref. 2476]. Pomacantha Rafinesque 1815:83 [ref. 3584] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Valid as Pomacanthus Lacepède 1802 -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:390 [ref. 14275], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:187 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:625 [ref. 5714], Pyle 2001:3267 [ref. 26118], Burgess 2003:1674 [ref. 27101], Allen et al. 2006:1308 [ref. 29090], Bariche 2010:31 [ref. 30715], Motomura et al. 2017:170 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:242 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:198 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Pomacanthus Lacepède 1802. Pomacanthidae.