punctatus, Xenobalistes Heemstra [P. C.] & Smith [M. M.] 1983:1, Figs. 1-3 [The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication No. 26; ref. 5414] Beach at Van Stadens River mouth, eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 17546. •Valid as Xenobalistes punctatus Heemstra & Smith 1983 -- (Smith & Heemstra 1986:881 [ref. 5714], Matsuura 2014:8 [ref. 33576]). •A prejuvenile of and synonym of Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama 1978 -- (Heemstra and Matsuura in ASIH abstract in 1999, Randall 2007:475 [ref. 30952], Parenti 2021:661 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama 1978. Balistidae. Habitat: marine.