capistratus, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:275 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] 'In Indiis' [erroneous, should be western Atlantic]. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.68 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), NRM 58 (2), ZMUU Linn. Coll. 51 (2). Type catalog: Lönnberg 1896:22 [ref. 23530], Wheeler 1958:225 [ref. 13434], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:250 [ref. 20707], Wheeler 1991:174-175, Fig. 13 [ref. 20102]. Based on the 'Labrus rostro reflexo, ocello purpureo iride alba juxta caudam' of Linnaeus 1749:314 [ref. 38023], which was based on the 'Tetragonopterus laevis, ad caudam brunna macula circulari ...' of Klein 1744: 37 [ref. 30141], the 'Klip-visch seu Soldaten-visch' of Willughby 1686:Appendix pl. 5, fig. 4 [ref. 30164] and Ray 1713:151 [ref. 30231], and the 'Piscis militaris' of Ruysch; the 'Chaetodon pallidus, fascia capitis ocelloque subcaudali fusco' of Linnaeus 1754:63, pl. 33, fig. 4 [ref. 31115], and the 'Chaetodon macrolepidotus, linea nigra ad oculos ...' of Gronow 1756:37 [ref. 20783]. •Mention -- (Monod 1973:422 [ref. 7193]). •Valid as Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Burgess 1978:658 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:158 [ref. 22764], Robins & Ray 1986:193 [ref. 23100], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Boschung 1992:148 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1993:331 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:274 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:111 [ref. 26784], Burgess 2003:1666 [ref. 27101], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Smith et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:149 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:460 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:59 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:152 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:77 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:69 [ref. 39585], Page et al. 2023:162 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Trinidad and Tobago, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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