gardineri, Chaetodon Norman [J. R.] 1939:65, Fig. 22 [Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 6556] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: BMNH 1888.12.29.37 (150-mm spec.). Paratypes: (should be 3) BMNH 1888.12.29.38-39 (now 2) Muscat, BMNH 1939.5.24.963 (1). •Valid as Chaetodon gardineri Norman 1939 -- (Burgess 1978:631 [ref. 700] as gardneri, Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553] as gardneri, Randall 1995:249 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:194 [ref. 23922], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2012:522 [ref. 31980], Eagderi et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36871], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:452 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:556 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon gardineri Norman 1939. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to Andaman Sea (western Thailand) and western Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.