Triacanthus Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1183 Masc. Balistes biaculeatus Bloch 1786. Type by monotypy. Based on "Les Triacanthes" Cuvier 1816:153 [ref. 995]. See Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]. •Valid as Triacanthus Oken 1817 -- (Tyler 1968:253 [ref. 6438], Tyler 1980:98 [ref. 4477], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:357 [ref. 6441], Kottelat 1989:21 [ref. 13605], Lindberg et al. 1997:50 [ref. 23547], Matsuura 2001:3906 [ref. 26315], Hoese et al. 2006:1866 [ref. 29067], Kottelat 2013:468 [ref. 32989], Matsuura 2014:6 [ref. 33576]). Current status: Valid as Triacanthus Oken 1817. Triacanthidae.