Species that contain: Balistapus and aculeatus [ 2 ] records

minor, Balistes aculeatus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:xvii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] No locality stated (Red Sea). No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:58 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797) -- (Dor 1984:275 [ref. 29757], Fricke 2008:58 [ref. 30182], Parenti 2021:649 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Balistes aculeatus var. Bennett [J. W.] 1828:unnum. p., Pl. 10 [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 Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:44 [ref. 21456], Parenti 2021:649 [ref. 38921], Matsuura 2022:416 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Synonym of Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.