vulpinus, Amphacanthus Schlegel [H.] & Müller [S.] 1845:12 [Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen / door de Leden der Natuurkundige Commissie in Indië en andere schrijvers; uitgegeven ... door C. J. Temminck No. 12; ref. 19222] Ternate Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 1552. Paralectotypes: RMNH 1107 (2). Lectotype selected by Woodland 1990:111 [ref. 19220]. Described in more detail by Schlegel 1852:38 [ref. 18696]. •Valid as Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller 1845) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:234 [ref. 6441], Shen & Lin 1984:19 [ref. 13822], Randall et al. 1990:440 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:109 [ref. 19220], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:551 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:150 [ref. 26476] dated 1844, Kuiter 1997:380 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:440 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:268 [ref. 23965], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:443 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:266 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:176 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3648 [ref. 26300] dated 1848, Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:200 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:603 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1727 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1015 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:180 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36673], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:11 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller 1845). Siganidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Sabah (Malaysia) east to Caroline Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.