brachycentron, Naseus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:275 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Waigeo, Papua Barat, Indonesia, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7487 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:62 [ref. 22195]. •Valid as Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:229 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:820 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:64 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:430 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:557 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:372 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:430 [ref. 25919], Borden 1998:105 [ref. 23309], Myers 1999:274 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:545 [ref. 24106], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1320 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:21 [ref. 25806], Randall 2001:172 [ref. 25459], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:112 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:3665 [ref. 26301], Nakabo 2002:1320 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:647 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624] with Quoy & Gaimard 1825 as authors, Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:406 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:591 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:131 [ref. 28745] as hrachycentron, Allen et al. 2006:1739 [ref. 29094], Fricke et al. 2009:108 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:228 [ref. 31256], Ho et al. 2011:210 [ref. 31484], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1029 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:271 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:184 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] with authorship as Quoy & Gaimard 1825, Psomadakis et al. 2015:307 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:355 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:148 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36871], Sonoyama et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37637], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:261 [ref. 41223], Randall 2022:235 [ref. 40150], Zajonz et al. 2024:[15] [ref. 41238]). Current status: Valid as Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes 1835). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to central Japan, south to northern Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.