Species that contain: Chaetodon and vagabundus [ 5 ] records

hawaiiensis, Chaetodon setifer var. Borodin [N. A.] 1930:55, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum v. 1 (art. 2); ref. 16069] Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: VMM 512 (now at AMNH). Described as a new color variety; perhaps should be regarded as infrasubspecific and unavailable. •Synonym of Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Burgess 1978:588 [ref. 700], Mundy 2005:400 [ref. 28379]). Infrasubspecific. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

jordani, Chaetodon vagabundus var. Ahl [E.] 1923:181 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin (N.F.) v. 89 Abt. A, Heft 5; ref. 5113] Sri Lanka. ZMB (not found). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:97 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier 1829 -- (Burgess 1978:591 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier 1829. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

nesogallicus, Chaetodon Cuvier [G.] 1829:190 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Cuvier specimens: MNHN 0000-9670 (2). Available from footnote as, "Ch. nesogallicus, N., Ren., I, v, 37." Also appeared in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:63 [ref. 4881]. Misspelled nasogallicus by Griffith & Smith 1834:173 [ref. 1908]. Bauchot 1963:125 [ref. 20718] lists syntypes (MNHN 9670), but they apply to the 1831 description. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:339 [ref. 24106] is invalid. Species epithet misspelled nasogallicus by Cuvier 1831:139 [ref. 30376] with author Risso. •Synonym of Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Burgess 1978:587 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Fricke 1999:338 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:462 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

pictus, Chaetodon Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:65, xiii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Mochhæ] Al-Mukhā, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:44 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Burgess 1978:587 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:176 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Chaetodon pictus Forsskål 1775 -- (Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:293 [ref. 28072], Fricke 2008:44 [ref. 30182], Psomadakis et al. 2015:291 [ref. 34104], Golani & Fricke 2018:110 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36871], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:460 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon pictus Forsskål 1775. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), southern Oman and Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine.

vagabundus, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:276 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Indies (probably Indonesia). No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:339 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Burgess 1978:587 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:176 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:184 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:630 [ref. 5660], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Winterbottom et al. 1989:43 [ref. 13251], Kuiter 1993:221 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:48 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:252 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:152 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:126 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:214 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:518 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:167 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:338 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:739 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:892 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:300 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:172 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Sakai et al. 2001:102 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841] as vababundus, Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3255 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:892 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3323 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:292 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:323 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:400 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1295 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:73 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:189 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:138 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:103 [ref. 39915], Zuo & Tang 2011:1004 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:533 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:262 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:102 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:57 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35354], Motomura et al. 2017:168 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:239 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:14 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:153 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:189 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 22 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:141 [ref. 39118], Lee & Kim 2021:129 [ref. 39736], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:462 [ref. 39746], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands, northern Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.