typus, Symphysanodon Bleeker [P.] 1877:3 [Processen-verbaal van de gewone vergaderingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen; Afdeeling Natuurkunde 1877-1878 (no. 4); ref. 17115] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): ZMH H398. Type catalog and lectotype designation (not needed): Ladiges et al. 1958:163 [ref. 19181], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:406 [ref. 21161]. Described in more detail in Bleeker 1878:61 [ref. 456] Pl. 3 (fig. 1). •Valid as Symphysanodon typus Bleeker 1877 (often seen as 1878) -- (Anderson 1970:328 [ref. 7662], Lee 1989:70 [ref. 14122], Anderson 1999:2441 [ref. 24814], Anderson in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:46 [ref. 27510], Anderson & Springer 2005:5, 22 [ref. 28238], Mundy 2005:340 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:186 [ref. 30952], Shao et al. 2008:247 [ref. 29952], Quéro et al. 2009:73 [ref. 30244], Anderson & Bineesh 2011:34 [ref. 31423], Kimura et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35364], Aiba & Endo 2024:17 [ref. 40831]). Current status: Valid as Symphysanodon typus Bleeker 1877. Symphysanodontidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Lombok and North Sulawesi (Indonesia) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S,.A.), Rotuma and Wallis & Futuna, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.