freycineti, Balistes Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:213 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Mauritius [perhaps in error, possibly southeastern Australia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4100. Non-types: MNHN A-4107 (1), A-4108 (2). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:520 [ref. 21538] with holotype and paratypes, Beaunier et al. 2009:289 [ref. 28887]. •Valid as Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:402 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:882 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:396 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:589 [ref. 24106], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2002:213 [ref. 26078], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:835 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: New South Wales to Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.