filamentosus, Abalistes Matsuura [K.] & Yoshino [T.] 2004:190, Fig. 1a [Records of the Australian Museum v. 56 (no. 2); ref. 27771] Off Itoman, south coast of Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 65579. Paratypes: AMS I.37974 (1); CSIRO H 1075-02 (1), H 2455-04 (1), H 3223-03 (1); HUMZ 38667 (1), 38705 (1), 38706 (1), 68923 (1), 68925 (1), 68926 (1); NSMT-P 49363 (1), 65582 (1); URM 3320 (1), 3321 (1), 3334 (1). •Valid as Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino 2004 -- (Allen et al. 2006:1870 [ref. 29098], Randall & Justine 2008:183 [ref. 29954], Larson et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Motomura et al. 2017:229 [ref. 35490], Psomadakis et al. 2020:605 [ref. 37272], Parenti 2021:648 [ref. 38921], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:17 [ref. 39607], Moazzam & Osmany 2022:329 [ref. 39925] misidentified, Galbraith et al. 2024:6 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino 2004. Balistidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands north to Tokara Islands (southern Japan); northern Western Australia and Northern Territory (Australia) east to Coral Sea (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.