argentatus, Chaetodon Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] 1911:319, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 40 (no. 1822); ref. 10246] Agojo Point, Catanduanes Islands, southern Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 67353. Paratypes: USNM 346582 (1). First author is H. M. Smith. •Valid as Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe 1911 -- (Burgess 1978:411 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:183 [ref. 6441], Blum 1989:14 [ref. 37553], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:892 [ref. 25182], Pyle 2001:3235 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:892 [ref. 26193], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Motomura et al. 2010:134 [ref. 31256], Zuo & Tang 2011:1004 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:518 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:52 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Dewa et al. 2022:19 [ref. 40001], Allen & Erdmann 2024:551 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe 1911. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam east to Philippines and Taiwan, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.