bleekeri, Acanthurus Günther [A.] 1861:335 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] East Indies. No types known. Based on Acanthurus meta of Bleeker 1854:432, not Chaetodon mata Cuvier 1829. •Valid as Acanthurus bleekeri Günther 1861 -- (Randall 1956:180 [ref. 12221], Dor 1984:253 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:230 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:63 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:67 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:554 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:152 [ref. 26476], Fricke 1999:534 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Acanthurus mata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall et al. 1990:423 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:388 [ref. 22896], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:53 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:3669 [ref. 26301], Randall 2005:578 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1735 [ref. 29094], Golani & Fricke 2018:166 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthurus mata (Cuvier 1829). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.