Species that contain: Chaetodontoplus and mesoleucus [ 4 ] records

atratus, Chaetodon Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:72 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] India. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.62 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:224 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787) -- (Wheeler 1958:224 [ref. 13434], Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Randall & Rocha 2009:518 [ref. 30410]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

mesoleucus, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] 1787:117, Pl. 216 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] Japan (possibly in error, maybe Indian Ocean). Syntypes: ZMB 8149 (1, dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:118 [ref. 24282]. Not Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål. On p. 88 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 6 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787) -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:187 [ref. 6441], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:411 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:158 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:172 [ref. 23965], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:900 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:107 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3281 [ref. 26118], Nakabo 2002:900 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2002:42 [ref. 26830] dated 1857, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:122 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Mundy 2005:406 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1306 [ref. 29090], Randall & Rocha 2009:511 [ref. 30410], Allen & Erdmann 2012:553 [ref. 31980], Koeda in Motomura et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38121], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:9 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Japan, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

mesomelas, Chaetodon Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1263 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Japan. New name for, or incorrect subsequent spelling of Chaetodon mesoleucas Bloch. •Treated as synonym of Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787) -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

oahuensis, Holacanthus bicolor var. Borodin [N. A.] 1930:56 [Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum v. 1 (art. 2); ref. 16069] Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): VMM 637 (now at AMNH). Described as a new color variety. •Synonym of Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787) -- (Mundy 2005:406 [ref. 28379], Randall & Rocha 2009:518 [ref. 30410]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch 1787). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.