binotatus, Ctenochaetus Randall [J. E.] 1955:(155) 164, Fig. 1 G [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 40 (pt 4, no. 15); ref. 12220] Pagapas Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines [Batangas, Verde Island Passage, South China Sea, western Pacific]. Holotype: USNM 136125. Paratypes: CAS-SU 27174 (2); USNM 136061 (1), 136064 (2), 136073 (1), 136075-80 (1 each), 136083 (1), 136095 (4), 136099 (1), 136102-05 (1 ea.), 136109 (1), 136111 (1), 136114 (1), 136116 (1), 136119 (1). •Valid as Ctenochaetus binotatus Randall 1955 -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:232 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:816 [ref. 5706], Randall et al. 1990:427 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:374 [ref. 23929], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:557 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:228 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:427 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:272 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:544 [ref. 24106], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1324 [ref. 25182], Randall & Clements 2001:7 [ref. 25453], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:258 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:77 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:3665 [ref. 26301], Nakabo 2002:1324 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:647 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:402 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:584 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1738 [ref. 29094], Imamura 2009:304 [ref. 30434], Motomura et al. 2010:227 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1026 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:184 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:103 [ref. 35333], Fowler et al. 2017:[4] 2252 [ref. 36358], Fricke et al. 2018:353 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:302 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36871] as cf. binotatus, Psomadakis et al. 2020:561 [ref. 37272], Randall 2022:231 [ref. 40150], Zajonz et al. 2024:[9] [ref. 41238]). Current status: Valid as Ctenochaetus binotatus Randall 1955. Acanthuridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, southern New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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