aspricaudus, Monacanthus Hollard [H. L. G. M.] 1854:330 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 2; ref. 18301] Unknown locality. Lectotype: MNHN A-8545 (dry). Paralectotypes: MNHN B-1969 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:519-520 [ref. 21538] as holotype and paratype, Beaunier et al. 2009:292 [ref. 28887]. Lectotype established in Hutchins 1986:19-20 [ref. 19371]. The paralectotype might be the holotype of Monacathus dumerilii Hollard 1854. •Valid as Pervagor aspricaudus (Hollard 1854) -- (Hutchins 1986:18 [ref. 19371], Randall et al. 1990:465 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:465 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:29 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:286 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:594 [ref. 24106], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1410 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:3935 [ref. 26316], Nakabo 2002:1410 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:636 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:529 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1895 [ref. 29098], Randall 2007:480 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1077 [ref. 31980], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2018:381 [ref. 35805], Hutchins 2022:441 [ref. 40252], Fricke et al. 2024:78 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Pervagor aspricaudus (Hollard 1854). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia; antiequatorial. Habitat: marine.