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Species in the genus Acreichthys: [ 5 ] records

blochii, Monacanthus Billberg [G. J.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] America [in error]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4167. Based on the Balistes tomentosus of Bloch 1786:Pl. 148 (fig. 1) [ref. 465], allegedly different from Balistes tomentosus Linnaeus 1758 according to Billberg 1833; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

hajam, Monacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1851:18, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 11); ref. 16836] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1867.11.28.140. •Valid as Acreichthys hajam (Bleeker 1851) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1409 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1409 [ref. 26193], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576]). Current status: Valid as Acreichthys hajam (Bleeker 1851). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

radiatus, Monacanthus Popta [C. M. L.] 1900:126, Fig. [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 22 (nos 1-2); ref. 14738] Malay Archipelago. Holotype: RMNH 6826. •Valid as Acreichthys radiatus (Popta 1900) -- (Hutchins 1977:54 [ref. 2283], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:360 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:460 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Nakabo 2000:1409 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3934 [ref. 26316], Hutchins 2002:213 [ref. 26078], Nakabo 2002:1409 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1880 [ref. 29098], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1069 [ref. 31980], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:194 [ref. 33932], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357]). Current status: Valid as Acreichthys radiatus (Popta 1900). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Central Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Kimberley (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

tomentosus, Balistes Linnaeus [C.] 1758:328 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America [in error]. No types known. •Valid as Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Hutchins 1977:54 [ref. 2283], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:360 [ref. 6441], Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:284 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1409 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:319 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:3936 [ref. 26316], Nakabo 2002:1409 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:221 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:632 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1881 [ref. 29098], Matsuura 2009:329 [ref. 31171], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1069 [ref. 31980]. Larson et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:194 [ref. 33932], Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2015:101 [ref. 34319], Moazzam & Osmany 2016:1 [ref. 39994], Fricke et al. 2019:326 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:610 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

trichurus, Monacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1853:125 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes (5) and/or Bleeker specimens: ?BMNH 1867.11.28.141 and 143 (2); ?MNHN 0000-3020 (1) Ambon; SMNS 10615 (2, not found in 1990). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:522 [ref. 21538], Fricke 1991:17 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:48 [ref. 29864], Beaunier et al. 2009:293 [ref. 28887]. •Synonym of Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Beaunier et al. 2009:293 [ref. 28887]). Current status: Synonym of Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.