leucopleura, Chaetodon Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:35, Pl. 6 (fig. 3) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.3.9.116 (skin). •Valid as Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair 1867 -- (Klausewitz 1970:2 [ref. 39503], Burgess 1978:628 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:174 [ref. 29757], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Goren & Dor 1994:47 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:250 [ref. 22896], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Golani & Fricke 2018:109 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36871], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:454 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair 1867. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania) east to Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles and Aldabra (Seychelles). Habitat: marine.