conspicillum, Balistes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:474 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-3041. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:49 [ref. 24282], Beaunier et al. 2009:288 [ref. 28887]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:49 [ref. 24282] as ZMB 5907 (stuffed) is in error (see Beaunier et al. 2008:288 [ref. 28887]). •Valid as Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:291 [ref. 19754], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:357 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:878 [ref. 5714], Winterbottom et al. 1989:67 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:453 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:393 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:180 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:390 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:453 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:281 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:578 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1398 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:454 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3920 [ref. 26315], Nakabo 2002:1398 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:446, 691 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:649 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:219 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:31 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3331 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:441 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:621 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1871 [ref. 29098], Fricke et al. 2009:115 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:326 [ref. 31171], Motomura et al. 2010:232 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:10 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1061 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:272 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:192 [ref. 33932], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Sahayak et al. 2014:22 [ref. 37751], Motomura et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:109 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35354], Motomura et al. 2017:230 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:376 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:321 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:606 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:127 [ref. 37637], Durville et al. 2021:315 [ref. 38802], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:652 [ref. 38921], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:17 [ref. 39607], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:291 [ref. 41223], Matsuura 2022:417 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Valid as Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Balistidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Samoa, north to central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Australia and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.