Species that contain: Chaetodon and melapterus [ 4 ] records

afer, Chatodon Desjardins [J.] 1837:39 [Rapport Annuel sur les travaux de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice No. 8; ref. 20928] Red Sea. No types known. Genus should have been Chaetodon. For comments on authorship see Monod 1976:21 [ref. 30339]. •In the synonymy of Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863 -- (R. Fricke, pers. comm., June 2020). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

arabica, Chaetodon trifasciatus var. Steindachner [F.] 1899:162 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 36 (no. 12) (for 4 May 1899); ref. 21723] Makalla, southeastern Arabia. Syntypes: ?NMW 70996 (3), 71100 (3). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Chaetodon mesoleucas arabicus Walbaum 1792. •Synonym of Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863 -- (Burgess 1978:487 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:160 [ref. 22764], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:457 [ref. 39746]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

melanopterus, Chaetodon Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:34 [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Unjustified emendation of Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863. •Synonym of Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863 -- (Burgess 1978:487 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:160 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

melapterus, Choetodon Guichenot [A.] 1863:C-6 [Faune ichthyologique 2nd Partie, Annexe C.; ref. 1943] Réunion (probably in error). Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1316 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:125 [ref. 20718]. Original genus should have been spelled Chaetodon. •Valid as Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863 -- (Burgess 1978:487 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:160 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:175 [ref. 29757], Blum 1989:14 [ref. 37553], Goren & Dor 1994:47 [ref. 25356], Randall 1994:265 [ref. 21644], Randall 1995:251 [ref. 22896] with remark on locality, Carpenter et al. 1997:194 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:326 [ref. 24106] with remark on locality, Smith et al. 2003:305 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Golani & Fricke 2018:109 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36871], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:457 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot 1863. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.