Species that contain: Chaetodon and paucifasciatus [ 2 ] records

chrysurus, Chaetodon Desjardins [J.] 1832:107 [v. 3; ref. 30331] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9672. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:119-120 [ref. 20718]. Also in Desjardins 1834:117 [ref. 17398]. For comments on authorship see Monod 1976:20 [ref. 30339]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Chaetodon chrysurus Bloch & Schneider 1801. •Synonym of Chaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl 1923 -- (Dor 1984:175 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl 1923 -- (Burgess 1978:398 [ref. 700] as madagascarensis, Fricke 1999:333 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:455 [ref. 39746]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl 1923. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

paucifasciatus, Chaetodon chrysurus Ahl [E.] 1923:162 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin (N.F.) v. 89 Abt. A, Heft 5; ref. 5113] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMB 7888. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:96 [ref. 21847]. •Valid as Chaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl 1923 -- (Burgess 1978:402 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:175 [ref. 29757], Blum 1989:14 [ref. 37553], Goren & Dor 1994:47 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:164 [ref. 23965], Smith et al. 2003:304 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:109 [ref. 36273], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:459 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl 1923. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.