canaliculatus, Chaetodon Park [M.] 1797:33 [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London v. 3; ref. 17801] Habitat in Sumatræ littore [Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.11.12.17 (dry, right half skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1974:475 [ref. 31545]. •Valid as Siganus canaliculatus (Park 1797) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:233 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:544 [ref. 25598], Randall et al. 1990:437 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:51 [ref. 19220], Adams & Woodland 1994:373 [ref. 23562], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:298 [ref. 24014], Randall 1995:384 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:544 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:219 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:376 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:437 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:440 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:263 [ref. 25480], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:187 [ref. 25703], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:291 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:154 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3633 [ref. 26300], Youn 2002:414, 668 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:44 [ref. 27712], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1724 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1007 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Siganus canaliculatus (Park 1797). Siganidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to east Indian region, Australia to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.