Species that contain: Chaetodon and xanthocephalus [ 6 ] records

auromarginatus, Chaetodon Bliss [R.] 1883:48 [Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.) v. 13; ref. 16966] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MCZ 5943. •Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833 -- (Burgess 1978:602 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Fricke 1999:340 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

dayi, Chaetodon Ahl [E.] 1923:127 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin (N.F.) v. 89 Abt. A, Heft 5; ref. 5113] India. No types at ZMB: Paepke 1995:96 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833 -- (Burgess 1978:602 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

nigripinnatus, Chaetodon Desjardins [J.] 1836:57 [Rapport Annuel sur les travaux de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice No. 7; ref. 17400] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. For comments on authorship see Monod 1976:21 [ref. 30339]. •Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833 -- (Burgess 1978:602 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Fricke 1999:340 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

nigripinnis, Chaetodon Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:438 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique. Possible types: ZMB 1272 (1). Also described as new in Peters 1855:246 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833 -- (Burgess 1978:602 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

pulcher, Chelmo Steindachner [F.] 1875:382 [8] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 70 (1. Abth.); ref. 4219] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): Possibly Cambridge. Correct spelling for genus is Chelmon. On p. 8 of separate. •Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833 -- (Burgess 1978:602 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Fricke 1999:340 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.

xanthocephalus, Chaetodon Bennett [E. T.] 1833:182 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1832 (pt 2); ref. 16789] Ceylon [Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.157. •Valid as Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833 -- (Burgess 1978:602 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Heemstra 1986:630 [ref. 5660], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Winterbottom et al. 1989:43 [ref. 13251], Fricke 1999:340 [ref. 24106], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:73 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:534 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:262 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:239 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:154 [ref. 40104], Psomadakis et al. 2020:512 [ref. 37272], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:462 [ref. 39746], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett 1833. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Riodrigues) east to Thailand and western Indonesia. Habitat: marine.