citrinellus, Chaetodon Cuvier [G.] (ex Broussonet) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:27 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-9905. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1987-1408 [ex MNHN 0000-9905] (1). Bauchot 1963:120 [ref. 20718] selected a "lectoholotype", which was changed to lectotype in Bauchot 1969:135 [ref. 20807]. •Valid as Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier 1831 -- (Burgess 1978:696 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:158 [ref. 22764], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:185 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:519, 693 [ref. 8056], Allen & Swainston 1988:96 [ref. 25477], Blum 1989:14 [ref. 37553], Randall et al. 1990:222 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:222 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:148 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:119 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:218 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:222 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:163 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:328 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:739 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:897 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:295 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:15 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:105 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3238 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:897 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830] dating to 1866, Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:629 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:116 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:18 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:287 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:311 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:394 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1289 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:279 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:135 [ref. 31256], Zuo & Tang 2011:1004 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:521 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:99 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:53 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:183 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:229 [ref. 41223], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:449 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:554 [ref. 40796], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier 1831. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mascarenes (Mauritius), Lakshadweep Islands (India), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia), New Caledonia, and Tonga. Habitat: marine.