Roa Jordan [D. S.] 1923:63 Fem. Loa excelsa Jordan 1921. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Loa Jordan 1921, preoccupied by Loa Stiles 1905 in worms. •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus -- (Burgess 1978:347 [ref. 700], Maugé & Bauchot 1984:471 [ref. 6614]). •Valid as Roa Jordan 1923 -- (Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Pyle 2001:3226 [ref. 26117], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Kuiter 2004:167 [ref. 27778], Allen et al. 2006:1301 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2017:169 [ref. 35490], Rocha et al. 2017:127 [ref. 35651], Golani & Fricke 2018:110 [ref. 36273], Uejo et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37307], Matsunuma & Motomura 2022:1 [ref. 38992]). Current status: Valid as Roa Jordan 1923. Chaetodontidae.