rafflesii, Chaetodon Anonymous [Bennett [E. T.]] 1830:689 [Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; ref. 259] Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1852.9.12.76-77 [ex Zool. Soc.] (2). Often seen as rafflesi. On Code recommendation 51D, the anonymous author is listed in square brackets. •Valid as Chaetodon rafflesii [Bennett] 1830 as a nomen protectum over Chaetodon sebae Cuvier 1828 -- (Parenti & Desoutter-Meniger 2007:401 [ref. 29507]). •Valid as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett] 1830 -- (Burgess 1978:594 [ref. 700] as rafflesi, Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764] as rafflesi, Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:183 [ref. 6441] as rafflesi, Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553] as rafflesi, Randall et al. 1990:227 [ref. 15987] as rafflesi, Allen 1997:152 [ref. 23977] as rafflesi, Chen et al. 1997:123 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:214 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:227 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:165 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:739 [ref. 25471] as rafflesi, Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:895 [ref. 25182] as rafflesi, Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:298 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3249 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:895 [ref. 26193] as rafflesi, Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830] as rafflesi, Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125] as rafflesi, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:118 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:18 [ref. 27624] as rafflesi, Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715] as rafflesi, Randall 2005:318 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1294 [ref. 29090], Hobbs et al. 2007:108 [ref. 29249] as rafflesi, Hobbs et al. 2008:8 [ref. 39350] as rafflesi, Satapoomin 2009:188 [ref. 30463], Hobbs et al. 2010:67 [ref. 30769] as rafflesi, Motomura et al. 2010:137 [ref. 31256], Zuo & Tang 2011:1004 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:530 [ref. 31980] as rafflesi, Larson et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:101 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:55 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:187 [ref. 36673], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:460 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:563 [ref. 40796]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett] 1830. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka and Christmas Island (Australia) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.
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