chinensis, Fistularia Linnaeus [C.] 1766:515 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] In India orientali [Indonesia]; China; Brazil [erroneous]. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:144 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Based on multiple sources, including the 'Solenostomus cauda rotundata integerrima: seta nulla' of Gronow 1763:119 [ref. 1910], which was based on the 'Petiumbaba Brasiliensibus: Tobacco pipe-fish' of Willughby 1686: Pl. P8, fig. 1 [ref. 30164] [Brazil], the 'Acus chinensis maxima, corpore compresso' of Petiver 1702:Pl. 68, fig. 1 [ref. 30233] [China], the 'Peniop Pandjang' and 'Ikan Djoelong Djoelong' of Valentyn 1726:448, 502, figs. 323, 494 [ref. 30358] [Indonesia]. Originally based on more than one species, now restricted to the Indo-Pacific species illustrated by Valentyn. •Valid as Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:84 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:444 [ref. 5660], Allen & Swainston 1988:44 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:404 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:55 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:163 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:18 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:69 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:79 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:96 [ref. 22193], Fritzsche in Fischer et al. 1995:904 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:97 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:70 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:823 [ref. 41086], Kuiter 1997:68 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:69 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:95 [ref. 23965], Fritzsche & Thiesfeld 1999:2277 [ref. 24793], Johnson 1999:726 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:516 [ref. 25086], Fritzche in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:151 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:61 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:10 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:170 [ref. 27511], Bowen et al. 2001:1029 [ref. 25372], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:516 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Fritzsche 2003:1226 [ref. 27045], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495] dated 1758, Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:35 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:139 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:72 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:100 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:321 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:847 [ref. 28995], Randall 2007:163 [ref. 30952], Béarez & Séret 2009:146 [ref. 36646], Kuiter 2009:312 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2009:36 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:60 [ref. 30463], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:88 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:110 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:213 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2014:48 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:111 [ref. 36167], Stewart 2015:1064 [ref. 34254], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:19 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:2 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:127 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:47 [ref. 36273], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36248], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36871], Goutham-Bharathi & Sivaperuman 2020:214 [ref. 40757], Psomadakis et al. 2020:355 [ref. 37272], Love et al. 2021:103 [ref. 39279], Mochizuki et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38974], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326], Heemstra 2022:496 [ref. 39724], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40981], Allen & Erdmann 2024:231 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:65 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus 1766). Aulostomidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZuluNatal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra, Madagascar and La Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan) and Johnston Island, south to Western Australia at 31°52'S, Lord Howe Island (Australia), Kermadec Islands, Rapa and Easter Island (Chile); eastern Pacific: southern Gulf of California (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.