tessellatus, Monacanthus Günther [A.] 1880:54, Pl. 23 (fig. B) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Philippines, Challenger station 204, depth 115 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.390 [or 395]. •Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:88 [ref. 23547]). •Valid as Thamnaconus tessellatus (Günther 1880) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:361 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:631, 745 [ref. 8056], Matsuura & Tachikawa 1994:139 [ref. 21905], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:193 [ref. 23219], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1408 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3947 [ref. 26316], Nakabo 2002:1408 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:448, 694 [ref. 26218] as tesselatus, Allen et al. 2006:1900 [ref. 29098], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:13 [ref. 33576], Motomura et al. 2017:234 [ref. 35490], Park et al. 2017:278 [ref. 36313], Kim et al. 2020:199 [ref. 39118], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:297 [ref. 41223], Luo et al. 2024:10 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Thamnaconus tessellatus (Günther 1880). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: South China Sea north to southern Japan, northern Western Australia; Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.