brevirostris, Naseus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:277, Pl. 291 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Molucca Islands; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; New Guinea. Syntypes: MNHN A-7488 (1) no locality, MNHN A-7017 (2) Mauritius, MNHN A-7018 (1) New Guinea. Name dates to Cuvier 1829. •Synonym of Naso brevirostris (Cuvier 1829) -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:64 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1997:430 [ref. 25919], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624] with author as Valenciennes 1835, Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:407 [ref. 28072], Allen et al. 2006:1739 [ref. 29094], Randall 2007:434 [ref. 30952]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Naso brevirostris (Cuvier 1829). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.
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