Species that contain: Acanthurus and lineatus [ 4 ] records

lineatus, Acanthurus (Ctenodon) Swainson [W.] 1839:256 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Based on Benn. pl. 2 -- which is Bennett 1828:Pl. 2 [ref. 16785]. Probably a new combination for Chaetodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Randall 1956:191 [ref. 12221], Randall 2001:3668 [ref. 26301], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:647 [ref. 27495]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:274 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Indies. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:537 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Randall 1956:193 [ref. 12221], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:231 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:813 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:140 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:63 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:422 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:373 [ref. 23929], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:554 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:153 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:368 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:422 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:270 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:537 [ref. 24106], Mishra et al. 1999:88 [ref. 25315], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1327 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:426 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:21 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:62 [ref. 26232] dated 1756, Nakabo 2002:1327 [ref. 26193], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:202 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:577 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:487 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1735 [ref. 29094], Randall 2007:423 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:106 [ref. 30213], Imamura 2009:302 [ref. 30434], Motomura et al. 2010:226 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:24 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1022 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:271 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:182 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:100 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354], Fowler et al. 2017:[4] 2252 [ref. 36358], Fricke et al. 2018:351 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:9 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:143 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:300 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 27 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:558 [ref. 37272], Dewa et al. 2022:29 [ref. 40001], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:16 [ref. 39607], Randall 2022:225 [ref. 40150], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to southern New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

sohar, Chaetodon Gmelin [J. F.] (ex Forsskål) 1789:63, xiii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [No locality stated] Red Sea. Lectotype: ZMUC P6749 (dry skin). Paralectotypes: ZMUC P6750 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:72 [ref. 9588]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:55 [ref. 30182]. Forsskål 1775 introduced the name sohal as a substitute for a possible to be named taxon, but in synonymy of Chaetodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758; name made available as Chaetodon sohar by Gmelin 1789:1268 [ref. 18139] (see Fricke 2008:55 [ref. 30182]); name sohal here retained due to prevailing usage. Spelled sohar by Lacepède 1802:556, 557 [ref. 4929]; sohab in Cuvier 1816:331 [ref. 993]. Lectotype selected by Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:24 [ref. 20847]. Lectotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 34 [ref. 20847]. •Valid as Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall 1956:194 [ref. 12221], Dor 1984:254 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:68 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:388 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23922], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:60 [ref. 26232], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Kottelat 2013:442 [ref. 32989], Ali et al. 2018:339 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:167 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:34 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36871], Kovačić et al. 2021:59 [ref. 39014]). •Valid as Acanthurus sohal (Gmelin 1789) -- (Fricke 2008:55 [ref. 30182], Randall 2022:228 [ref. 40150]). Current status: Valid as Acanthurus sohal (Gmelin 1789). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf. One specimen recorded from Mediterranean Sea, probably an aquarium release. Habitat: marine.

vittatus, Acanthurus Bennett [J. W.] 1828:unnum. p., Pl. 2 [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka. No types known. •Synonym of Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Randall 1956:191 [ref. 12221], Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:43 [ref. 21456], Randall 2022:225 [ref. 40150]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.