jayakari, Chaetodon Norman [J. R.] 1939:63, Fig. 21 [Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 6556] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: BMNH (160-mm spec. from Muscat). Paratypes: (should be 3 + 3) BMNH 1939.5.24.960-962 (3), 1889.4.15.28-30 (3) Muscat. •Synonym of Chaetodon modestus Temminck & Schlegel 1844 -- (Burgess 1978:358 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764]). •Valid as Chaetodon jayakari Norman 1939 -- (Klausewitz 1986:284 [ref. 39512], Yamakawa & Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:249 [ref. 8256], Klausewitz & Fricke 1985:3 [ref. 11448], Goren & Dor 1994:47 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:249 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377]). •Valid as Roa jayakari (Norman 1939) -- (Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Kuiter 2004:167 [ref. 27778], Psomadakis et al. 2015:291 [ref. 34104], Rocha et al. 2017:130 [ref. 35651], Golani & Fricke 2018:110 [ref. 36273], Panda et al. 2018:322 [ref. 36355], Zajonz et al. 2019:84 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 22 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:513 [ref. 37272], Uejo et al. 2020:[7] [ref. 37307], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:469 [ref. 39746], Matsunuma & Motomura 2022:3 [ref. 38992]). Current status: Valid as Roa jayakari (Norman 1939). Chaetodontidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen) and Gulf of Oman east to India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Habitat: marine.