trachycephalus, Aploactis Bleeker [P.] 1855:451 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 16942] Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH.PISC 5901. •Valid as Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Kailola 1971:130 [ref. 39475], Eschmeyer et al. 1979:464 [ref. 1277], Dor 1984:87 [ref. 29757], Paxton et al. 1989:444 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Poss 1999:2320 [ref. 24796], Mishra et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25315], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:273 [ref. 25636], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:905 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2011:380 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:243 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:85 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:85 [ref. 34464], Matsunuma et al. 2017:[3] 1289 [ref. 35795], Golani & Fricke 2018:57 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma & Motomura 2018:225 [ref. 36053], Naranji et al. 2022:[10] 421 [ref. 39305], Poss 2022:575 [ref. 39726], Ray et al. 2022:507 [ref. 39087], Allen & Erdmann 2024:261 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855). Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar east to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, north to Gulf of Thailand, south to northern Australia. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.