barbatus, Anacanthus Gray [J. E.] 1830:no page number, Pl. 84 (fig. 2) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Singapore. No types known. Published about 6 Jan. 1830; also in Gray 1831:8 [ref. 1879]. •Valid as Psilocephalus barbatus (Gray 1830) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:288 [ref. 19754], Lindberg et al. 1997:41 [ref. 23547]). •Valid as Anacanthus barbatus Gray 1830 -- (Hutchins 1977:54 [ref. 2283] dated to1831, Allen & Swainston 1988:152 [ref. 25477], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:613 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:375 [ref. 23967], Allen 1997:242 [ref. 23977], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:3937 [ref. 26316] dated 1831, Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1882 [ref. 29098], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1071 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:228 [ref. 34464], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576] dated 1931, Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2015:102 [ref. 34319], Motomura et al. 2017:232 [ref. 35490], Psomadakis et al. 2020:611 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:295 [ref. 41223], Hutchins 2022:432 [ref. 40252], Devi et al. 2023:447 [ref. 40401], Vilasri et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40764] as barbanus). Current status: Valid as Anacanthus barbatus Gray 1830. Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lakshadweep (India), India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar east to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.