elegans, Aspisurus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:61, Pl. 16 (fig. 2) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Northern Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 7644 (dry). •Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Dor 1984:258 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Naso elegans (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall 2001:172 [ref. 25459], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:593 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:108 [ref. 30213], Imamura 2009:305 [ref. 30434], Ho et al. 2011:210 [ref. 31484], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1031 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:271 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:355 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:167 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:147 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36871], Durville et al. 2021:315 [ref. 38802], Randall 2022:236 [ref. 40150], Zajonz et al. 2024:[13] [ref. 41238]). Current status: Valid as Naso elegans (Rüppell 1829). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Andaman Sea and western Indonesia. Habitat: marine.