auromarginatus, Balistes Bennett [E. T.] 1832:168 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1856.2.15.15 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Valid as Xanthichthys auromarginatus (Bennett 1832) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:69 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:459 [ref. 15987], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xiv [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:386 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:459 [ref. 25919], Randall & Mundy 1998:332 [ref. 24063], Myers 1999:283 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:588 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1402 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:458 [ref. 25191], Matsuura 2001:3927 [ref. 26315] dated 1831, Randall et al. 2002:163 [ref. 26192], Nakabo 2002:1402 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830] dated 1831, Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495] dated 1831, Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624] dated 1831, Randall 2005:629 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:526 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1876 [ref. 29098], Randall 2007:473 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:117 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1067 [ref. 31980], Pyle & Earle 2013:11 [ref. 32891], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:194 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:112 [ref. 35333], Durville et al. 2021:315 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:661 [ref. 38921], Matsuura 2022:427 [ref. 40250], Galbraith et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Xanthichthys auromarginatus (Bennett 1832). Balistidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to southern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.