Species that contain: Microcanthus and strigatus [ 5 ] records

hawaiiensis, Microcanthus Fowler [H. W.] 1941:254, Figs. 6-7 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1438] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: ANSP 69740. Paratypes: ANSP 69741-43 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:41 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Mundy 2005:411 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:274 [ref. 30952], Tea et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37595]). Current status: Synonym of Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831). Microcanthidae. Habitat: marine.

joyceae, Microcanthus Whitley [G. P.] 1931:111, Pl. 13 (figs. 4-5) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 18 (no. 3); ref. 4673] Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.4012. •Synonym of Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1324 [ref. 29000], Knudsen & Clements 2013:78 [ref. 33031]). •Valid as Microcanthus joyceae Whitley 1931 -- (Tea et al. 2020:53 [ref. 37595]). Current status: Valid as Microcanthus joyceae Whitley 1931. Microcanthidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: central Queensland south to southern New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

servus, Helotosoma Kaup [J. J.] 1863:162 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 2584] Japan. •Questionable synonym of Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Tea et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37595]). Current status: Uncertain as Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831). Microcanthidae. Habitat: marine.

strigatus, Chaetodon Cuvier [G.] (ex Langsdorff) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:25, Pl. 170 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8157 (stuffed). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:137 [ref. 20718]. Based on description in manuscript by "Langsdorf" (Georg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff, 1774-1852, German explorer and scientist). •Valid as Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:181 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:517, 692 [ref. 8056], Allen & Swainston 1988:92 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:216 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:215 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:144 [ref. 23977] as Mirocanthus, Chen et al. 1997:115 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:204 [ref. 25488], Cheng & Zhou 1997:315 [ref. 26385], Randall et al. 1997:216 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:738 [ref. 25471], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:958 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:289 [ref. 25191], Markevich 2001:129 [ref. 25196], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:180 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:32 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3303 [ref. 26124], Nakabo 2002:958 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:356, 627 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S15 [ref. 28536], Randall 2005:307 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:411 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:1324 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:274 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:133 [ref. 31256], Knudsen & Clements 2013:78 [ref. 33031], Parin et al. 2014:376 [ref. 33547], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Tea et al. 2019:[9] [ref. 36907], Kim et al. 2020:141 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37637], Tea et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37595], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932]). Current status: Valid as Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831). Microcanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific, antitropical: Exmouth Gulf to Cape Leeuwin (Western Australia); Palawan (Philippines) and Taiwan north to southern Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands; Hawaiian Islands. Southwestern Pacific populations belong to M. joyceae Whitrley 1931. Habitat: marine.

vittatum, Neochaetodon Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:130 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Fremantle, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): ?MNHN A-4567 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:163 [ref. 20718] with locality as Melbourne. •Possibly valid as Microcanthus vittatus (Castelnau 1873) -- (Kuiter 1993:215 [ref. 23929]). •Synonym of Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1324 [ref. 29000], Knudsen & Clements 2013:78 [ref. 33031], Tea et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37595]). Current status: Synonym of Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier 1831). Microcanthidae. Habitat: marine.