Species that contain: Cantherhines and fronticinctus [ 2 ] records

fronticinctus, Monacanthus Günther [A.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:136, Pl. 19 (fig. 2) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1867.3.9.435 (right half skin), 1867.3.9.436 (stuffed). Novem protectum -- see Parenti 2002:312 [ref. 26661]. •Valid as Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther 1867) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:360 [ref. 6441], Hutchins 1986:884 [ref. 5673], Allen & Swainston 1988:152 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:67 [ref. 13251], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:124 [ref. 20996], Lindberg et al. 1997:91 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:242 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:540 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:285 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:591 [ref. 24106], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1405 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:459 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3938 [ref. 26316] dated 1866, Nakabo 2002:1405 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:445 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:633 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1884 [ref. 29098], Randall 2007:480 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:118 [ref. 30213], Randall 2011:12 [ref. 31468], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1072 [ref. 31980], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576], Moazzam & Osmany 2016:3 [ref. 39994], Motomura et al. 2017:232 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:380 [ref. 35805], Psomadakis et al. 2020:612 [ref. 37272], Hutchins 2022:434 [ref. 40252]). Current status: Valid as Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther 1867). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.

meulenii, Balistes Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:461 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] In mari indico. No types known. Based on Houttuyn 1765 and Müller 1774. Nomen oblitum -- see Parenti 2002:313 [ref. 26661]; name cannot be used. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority (according to ICZN Art. 23.9) in favor of Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther 1867). See also Balistes mulleri Sonnini (ex Walbaum) 1803. •Senior synonym of Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther 1867) -- (Parenti 2002:312 [ref. 26661]). •In the synonymy of Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther 1867). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther 1867). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.