thompsoni, Hemitaurichthys Fowler [H. W.] 1923:384 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 8 (no. 7); ref. 1398] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: BPBM 3390. •Valid as Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler 1923 -- (Burgess 1978:206 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:163 [ref. 22764], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Senou et al. 1997:2 [ref. 24368], Myers 1999:167 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:887 [ref. 25182], Pyle 2001:3233 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:887 [ref. 26193], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:72 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:325 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:401 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2005:125 [ref. 28745], Randall 2007:286, 290 [ref. 30952], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid as Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler 1923. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific, antiequatorial: Ogasawara Islands, Mariana Islands, Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands; Samoa, Tokelau Islands, Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago. Habitat: marine.