Aulostomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:356 Masc. Fistularia chinensis Linnaeus 1766. Type by monotypy. Spelled Aulostoma by Dumèril 1806 [ref. 1151], Billberg 1833:53 [ref. 34146] with reference to Commerson (see Kullander 2016:111 [ref. 34147]), and authors. •Valid as Aulostomus Lacepède 1803 -- (Wheeler 1955:613 [ref. 12537], Wheeler 1973:272 [ref. 7190], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:84 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:444 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:404 [ref. 12442], Fritzche & Thiesfeld 1999:2277 [ref. 24793], Bowen et al. 2001:1029 [ref. 25372], Fritzsche 2003:1226 [ref. 27045], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:847 [ref. 28995], Kuiter 2009:312 [ref. 30404], Satapoomin 2009:60 [ref. 30463], Stewart 2015:1064 [ref. 34254], Fricke et al. 2018:127 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:47 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:171 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Aulostomus Lacepède 1803. Aulostomidae.