tibicen, Holacanthus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:173 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] No locality. Lectotype: MNHN A-0490 [ex RMNH]. Paralectotypes: RMNH D545 (1, stuffed). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:146 [ref. 20718]. Lectotype selected by Bauchot 1963:146 [ref. 20718]. •Valid as Centropyge tibicen (Cuvier 1831) -- (Allen 1980:249 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:188 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:100 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:240 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:229 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:156 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:230 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:240 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:171 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:740 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:904 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:308 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:175 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:107 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3278 [ref. 26118], Nakabo 2002:904 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2002:42 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:122 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:337 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1305 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:140 [ref. 31256], Shen et al. 2012:417 [ref. 31830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:550 [ref. 31980], Gaither et al. 2014:43 [ref. 35448], Allen & Erdmann 2024:584 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Centropyge tibicen (Cuvier 1831). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Malaysia east to Vanuatu, north to Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.