octolineatus, Chaetodon Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:69 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.71 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:225 [ref. 13434] but with a holotype. •Synonym of Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch 1787 -- (Wheeler 1958:225 [ref. 13434], Burgess 1978:650 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:160 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch 1787. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.