xanthometopon, Holacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1853:258 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Telok betong, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Euxiphipops xanthometopon (Bleeker 1853) -- (Klausewitz 1972:366 [ref. 30491]). •Valid as Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:187 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:246 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:413 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:158 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:228 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:246 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:173 [ref. 23965], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:898 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:107 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3286 [ref. 26118] as xanthometapon, Nakabo 2002:898 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1309 [ref. 29090], Shao et al. 2008:255 [ref. 29952], Satapoomin 2009:195 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:560 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:107 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:60 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:198 [ref. 36673], Goutham-Bharathi & Sivaperuman 2020:215 [ref. 40757], Heemstra 2022:442 [ref. 39850], Allen & Erdmann 2024:594 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker 1853). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and Western Australia to Japan. Habitat: marine.