annularis, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] 1787:114, Pl. 215 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] Indian Ocean. Lectotype: ZMB 1315. Paralectotypes: ZMB 8150 (1, dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:117 [ref. 24282]. On p. 86 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 6 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:117 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch 1787) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:148 [ref. 19754], Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:187 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:625 [ref. 5714], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:411 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:158 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:129 [ref. 26476] dated 1789, Khan 1998:231 [ref. 24980], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:899 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:176 [ref. 25480], Pyle 2001:3284 [ref. 26118], Nakabo 2002:899 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Satapoomin 2009:194 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:557 [ref. 31980], Psomadakis et al. 2015:292 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:242 [ref. 35805], Barik et al. 2019:318 [ref. 41530], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 22 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:514 [ref. 37272], Koeda in Motomura et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:233 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:438 [ref. 39850], Allen & Erdmann 2024:591 [ref. 40796], Luo et al. 2024:8 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch 1787). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Maldives and Sri Lanka east to Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.