nasicornis, Alutera Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:293, Pl. 131 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] No locality stated [Nagasaki, Japan]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4111. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:210 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Aluterus nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Hutchins 1986:886 [ref. 5673], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:190 [ref. 23219]). •Valid as Pseudaluteres nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Hutchins 2001:3944 [ref. 26316] dated 1846, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:1896 [ref. 29098]). •Valid as Pseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283], Kyushin et al. 1982:287 [ref. 19754], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:361 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 1993:408 [ref. 23929], Lindberg et al. 1997:74 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:286 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:595 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1403 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:461 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1403 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:448, 693 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830] with genus as Pseudaluterius, date as 1950, Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:638 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1078 [ref. 31980], Matsuura 2014:13 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:381 [ref. 35805], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:297 [ref. 41223], Hutchins 2022:443 [ref. 40252], Karuppasamy et al. 2024:[2] [ref. 41650]). Current status: Valid as Pseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.