caeruleolineatus, Xanthichthys Randall [J. E.], Matsuura [K.] & Zama [A.] 1978:701, Figs. 2D, 7 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 5532] 4 kilometers southeast of pass, Manihi Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago [French Polynesia, South Pacific], depth 350 feet. Holotype: BPBM 13211. Paratypes: AMS IB.1889 (1); BPBM 10016 (1); CAS 38035 (1); HUMZ 35534 (1), 40586-87 (2), 41474-75 (2), 42302 (1); MTUF 21837-38 (2); TUFIL 958 (1); USNM 202851 (3), 216524 (2). •Valid as Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama 1978 -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Garrison 1996:863 [ref. 21337], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:635 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:540 [ref. 25919], Randall & Mundy 1998:327 [ref. 24063], Myers 1999:283 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1401 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Matsuura 2001:3927 [ref. 26315], Nakabo 2002:1401 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:629 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:527 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2005:132 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1876 [ref. 29098], Randall 2007:474 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1067 [ref. 31980], Pyle & Earle 2013:11 [ref. 32891], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Durville et al. 2021:315 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:661 [ref. 38921], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:293 [ref. 41223], Grove et al. 2022:22 [ref. 41326], Matsuura 2022:428 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Valid as Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama 1978. Balistidae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Eastern Cape (South Africa), Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), Agalega Islands (Seychelles), La Pérouse Seamount (western Mascarenes) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Ogasawara Islands and Hawaiian Islands, south to northern Australia; eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.