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Species in the genus Parachaetodon: [ 3 ] records

ocellatus, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:229 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] No locality. Holotype (unique): BMNH not found. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:157 [ref. 20718]. •Valid as Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Burgess 1978:275 [ref. 700], Kyushin et al. 1982:149 [ref. 19754], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:186 [ref. 6441], Allen 1980:163 [ref. 22764], Allen & Swainston 1988:98 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:234 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:219 [ref. 23929], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:410 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:150 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:363 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:210 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:235 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:740 [ref. 25471], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3265 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:888 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830] dating to 1829, Randall 2005:328 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1300 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:541 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:157 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:166 [ref. 34464], Motomura et al. 2017:169 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:193 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 22 [ref. 38321], Vilasri et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier 1831). Chaetodontidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh east to Vanuatu and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

oligacanthus, Chaetodon Bleeker [P.] 1850:16 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 9); ref. 16904] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and/or Bleeker specimens: AMS B.7767 [from Day] (1) Jakarta, BMNH 1880.4.21.111-112 (2), RMNH 14413 (7), SMNS 10583 (6). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:11 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:25 [ref. 29864]. Appeared first in Bleeker 1845:520 [ref. 312] without distinguishing features; also in Bleeker 1850:105 [ref. 16888]. Fricke 2005:25 [ref. 29864] regards SMNA 10583 and RMNH 14413 as syntypes and dates to 1845. •Valid as Chaetodon oligacanthus Bleeker 1850 -- (Smith et al. 2003:304 [ref. 27125], Zuo & Tang 2011:1003 [ref. 32151], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2015:70 [ref. 34319], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2018:209 [ref. 36460]). •Synonym of Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Blum 1989:15 [ref. 37553], Burgess 1978:275 [ref. 700]). Current status: Synonym of Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier 1831). Chaetodontidae. Habitat: marine.

townleyi, Chaetodon De Vis [C. W.] 1884:454 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4898] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Burgess 1978:278 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:163 [ref. 22764], Allen et al. 2006:1300 [ref. 29090]). Current status: Synonym of Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier 1831). Chaetodontidae. Habitat: marine.