virgatus, Amphacanthus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:133 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: MNHN A-6705. Paralectotypes: Probably RMNH 1547 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1965:575 [ref. 19223] but Bauchot's use of "Holotype" not regarded as lectotype designation. For lectotype designation and information on types see Woodland 1990:88 [ref. 19220]. •Valid as Siganus virgatus (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:233 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:436 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:86 [ref. 19220], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:299 [ref. 24014], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:550 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:372 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:378 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:266 [ref. 23965], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1317 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:167 [ref. 26232], Sakai et al. 2001:121 [ref. 25693], Woodland 2001:3647 [ref. 26300], Nakabo 2002:1317 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1727 [ref. 29090], Kimura in Kimura & Matsuura 2009:299 [ref. 31172], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1015 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:213 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:441 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:200 [ref. 34464], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354], Motomura et al. 2017:204 [ref. 35490], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:272 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:557 [ref. 37272], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:11 [ref. 40448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:265 [ref. 41223], Woodland 2022:216 [ref. 40143], Hasan et al. 2023:2212 [ref. 40412]). Current status: Valid as Siganus virgatus (Valenciennes 1835). Siganidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.