prionurus, Alutarius Bleeker [P.] 1851:260 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Bandaneira, Banda Islands, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2). •Valid as Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:361 [ref. 6441], Hutchins 1986:885 [ref. 5673], Winterbottom et al. 1989:68 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:464 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:398 [ref. 23929], Randall 1995:396 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:240, 242 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:402 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:464 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:285 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:593 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1403 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:460 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3941 [ref. 26316], Nakabo 2002:1403 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:445 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:635 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1892 [ref. 29098], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:235 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1074 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:233 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:113 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:381 [ref. 35805], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1238 [ref. 40796], Pillai et al. 2025:563 [ref. 42553]). Current status: Valid as Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker 1851). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Socotra, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Great Barrier Reef (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.