macropterus, Triodon Lesson [R. P.] 1829:(103), Poissons Pl. 4 [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN A-8349 (1, dry), RMNH 4018 [from Reinwardt] (1) Haroekoe, n. Ceram. Based in part on Triodon bursarius Cuvier 1829, which was based on a Reinwardt description and underlaying specimen, and on another specimen (MNHN A-8349). Dates to plate which appeared on 28 Feb. 1829; description dated to 13 Oct. 1831 (Cretella 2010 [ref. 34236]). •Valid as Triodon macropterus Lesson 1829 (often dated 1831) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:364 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:299 [ref. 19754], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:637, 748 [ref. 8056], Smith 1986:894 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:148 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:69 [ref. 13251], Tyler & Patterson 1991:878 [ref. 19176], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:198 [ref. 23219], Lindberg et al. 1997:172 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:236 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:186 [ref. 26476] dated 1830, Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1417 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:494 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3953 [ref. 26317] dated 1829, Nakabo 2002:1417 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:452, 695 [ref. 26218], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495] dated 1830, Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Johnson & Britz 2005:176 [ref. 28307], Shinohara et al. 2005:444 [ref. 28370], Hoese 2006:1911 [ref. 28998], Fricke et al. 2009:120 [ref. 30213], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988] dated to 1829, Shinohara et al. 2014:279 [ref. 33330], Matsuura 2014:18 [ref. 33576], Matsuura et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 34880], Koeda et al. 2016:113 [ref. 35333], Wibowo et al. 2020:76 [ref. 39232], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:301 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:454 [ref. 40260], Luo et al. 2024:10 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Triodon macropterus Lesson 1829. Triodontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines and eastern Indonesia, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia and northern Australia. Habitat: marine.
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