oxycephalus, Chaetodon Bleeker [P.] 1853:603 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 337] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker 1853 -- (Burgess 1978:615 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Randall et al. 1990:226 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:152 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:216 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:226 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:165 [ref. 23965], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:893 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3232 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:893 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Randall 2005:314 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1293 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:528 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:100 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:186 [ref. 36673], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:459 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:562 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker 1853. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Sri Lanka east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, east to to Philippines, Palau and Pohnpei, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.