auripes, Chaetodon Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:90 [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 3 (pts 2 & 3); ref. 2505] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype: RMNH 1121. Replacement name for Chaetodon aureus Temminck & Schlegel, preoccupied. •Valid as Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Burgess 1978:531 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:159 [ref. 22764], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:184 [ref. 6441], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Chen et al. 1997:118 [ref. 26476], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:895 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:163 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2000:179 [ref. 25987], Pyle 2001:3236 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:895 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:352, 623 [ref. 26218], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Motomura et al. 2010:135 [ref. 31256], Ho & Shao 2011: 48 [ref. 31432], Zuo & Tang 2011:1004 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:519 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:52 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Kim et al. 2020:141 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:78 [ref. 37637], Allen & Erdmann 2024:552 [ref. 40796]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder 1901. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam and southern China east to Taiwan, then north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), Pacific coast of central Japan, Izu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.