Species that contain: Balistoides and viridescens [ 3 ] records

brasiliensis, Balistes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:470 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Brazilian seas. Holotype (unique): ?ZMB 5903 (stuffed). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:48 [ref. 24282] with 5903 as possible type; with locality in error, Beaunier et al. 2009:295 [ref. 28887]. Based on le Baliste étoilé of Lacepede 1798:350, Pl. 15 (fig. 1). •Synonym of Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Paepke 1999:48 [ref. 24282], Parenti 2021:652 [ref. 38921], Matsuura 2022:418 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Synonym of Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.

nigromarginatus, Pachynathus Tanaka [S.] 1908:39, Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 23 (art. 7); ref. 6032] Misaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 958 (lost). •Synonym of Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:290 [ref. 19754], Parenti 2021:652 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.

viridescens, Balistes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:477 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] [No locality stated] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Non-type: MNHN A-8516 (1, dry). Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:299 [ref. 28887]. Holotype not MNHN A-8516. Based on the 'Baliste verdatre' of Lacepède 1798:378 [ref. 2708]. •Valid as Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:290 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:275 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:357 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:878 [ref. 5714], Allen & Swainston 1988:150 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:67 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:453 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:73 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:238 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:390 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:453 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:281 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:578 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1398 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:455 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:105 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3921 [ref. 26315], Nakabo 2002:1398 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:649 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:219 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:77 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:31 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3331 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:442 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:622 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1871 [ref. 29098], Fricke et al. 2009:115 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:326 [ref. 31171], Motomura et al. 2010:232 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:11 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1061 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:272 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:192 [ref. 33932], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Sahayak et al. 2014:20 [ref. 37751], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:110 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:377 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:177 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:321 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:607 [ref. 37272], Ray & Mohapatra 2020:103 [ref. 37299], Parenti 2021:652 [ref. 38921], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:17 [ref. 39607], Matsuura 2022:418 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Valid as Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Balistidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Seal Rocks (New South Wales, Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.