lineatus, Amphacanthus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:130, Pl. 286 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN A-6930 (2) New Guinea, MNHN A-6940 (1) Vanicolo, Santa Craz Is. Type catalog: Bauchot 1965:573 [ref. 19223]. •Valid as Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:438 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:90 [ref. 19220], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:372 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:376 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:438 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:267 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:751 [ref. 25471], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:442 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:164 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3639 [ref. 26300], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:601 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1725 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1010 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:213 [ref. 32988], Woodland & Anderson 2014:131 [ref. 33339], Fricke et al. 2014:180 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:297 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes 1835). Siganidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Sri Lanka east to Palau, Yap, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.