spilomelanurus, Balistes Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:217 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-1973. Non-types: MNHN B-1972 (1), B-1976 (1), B-1978 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:524 [ref. 21538] with MNHN B.1973 as holotype, plus 3 paratypes, Beaunier et al. 2009:291 [ref. 28887]. •Valid as Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:54 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:406 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:869 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:398 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1880 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:825 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.