Species that contain: Kentrocapros and aculeatus [ 3 ] records

aculeatus, Ostracion cubicus Houttuyn [M.] 1782:346 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. No types known. See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. •Valid as Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:361 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:631, 745 [ref. 8056], Lindberg et al. 1997:98 [ref. 23547], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1413 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1413 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:452, 695 [ref. 26218], Armesto et al. 2003:779 [ref. 27030], Shinohara et al. 2005:444 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:530 [ref. 28379], Matsuura 2006:273 [ref. 29182], Randall 2007:483 [ref. 30952], Shinohara et al. 2011:58 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:279 [ref. 33330], Matsuura 2014:15 [ref. 33576], Sonoyama et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37637], Matsuura 2023:195 [ref. 40752]). Current status: Valid as Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn 1782). Aracanidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Habitat: marine.

hexagonus, Ostracion Thunberg [C. P.] 1787:30, footnote 9 [Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. ... Praesidae; ref. 17911] Japan. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. See also Thunberg 1792:29 [ref. 17912]. •Synonym of Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn 1792) -- (Armesto et al. 2003:779 [ref. 27030]). Current status: Synonym of Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn 1782). Aracanidae. Habitat: marine.

spilonota, Aracana Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:626, Fig. 242 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Vicinity of Laysan Island, Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3939, depth 59-163 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51630. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8575 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:144 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Mundy 2005:530 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Kentrocapros spilonotus (Gilbert 1905) -- (Matsuura 2006:273 [ref. 29182], Randall 2007:483 [ref. 30952], Matsuura 2014:15 [ref. 33576], Matsuura 2023:195 [ref. 40752]). Current status: Valid as Kentrocapros spilonotus (Gilbert 1905). Aracanidae. Distribution: Northern central Pacific: Hawaiian and Laysan Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.