Species that contain: Naso and lituratus [ 7 ] records

elegans, Aspisurus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:61, Pl. 16 (fig. 2) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Northern Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 7644 (dry). •Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Dor 1984:258 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Naso elegans (Rüppell 1829) -- (Randall 2001:172 [ref. 25459], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:593 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:108 [ref. 30213], Imamura 2009:305 [ref. 30434], Ho et al. 2011:210 [ref. 31484], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1031 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:271 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:355 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:167 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:147 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36871], Durville et al. 2021:315 [ref. 38802], Randall 2022:236 [ref. 40150]). Current status: Valid as Naso elegans (Rüppell 1829). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Andaman Sea and western Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

eoume, Prionurus Lesson [R. P.] 1831:151 [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Matavai Bay, Tahiti, Society Islands. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:68 [ref. 22195]. •Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Bauchot & Randall 1996:68 [ref. 22195], Myers & Donaldson 2003:647 [ref. 27495]). Current status: Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

filamentosus, Prionurus Liénard [F.] in Sauvage 1891:345 [Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar; ref. 14503] No types known. Based on 'Prionure à caudale filamenteuse' of Liénard 1836:56/ [ref. 30336]; description quoted from Liénard. •Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Fricke 1999:547 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

garretti, Monoceros Seale [A.] 1901:112 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Agaña, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: BPBM 216. Paratypes: (5) ANSP 86487 [ex BPBM 217, 220, 221] (3); BPBM 218-219 (1, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:17 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801). Current status: Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

hepatus, Teuthis Linnaeus [C.] 1766:507 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Mare indico [erroneous, is Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia]; Carolina, U.S.A. [erroneous]; Jamaica [erroneous]; Bahamas [erroneous], Mediterranean [erroneous]. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.101 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), LS 84 (left half-skin). Type information: Goode & Bean 1885:205 [ref. 1841], Wheeler 1958:230-231 [ref. 13434], Wheeler 1985:67-68 [ref. 20705]. Misspelled hepathus by Schöpf 1788:175 [ref. 18700]. Based on multiple sources, including the 'Teuthis mucrone reflexo utrinque prope caudam' of Gronow 1763:113 [ref. 1910], which was based on the 'Turdus rhomboidalis, The Tang' of Catesby 1743:10, Pl. 10, fig. 1 (v. 2) [ref. 774] [Bahama Islands], the 'Chaetodon caerulescens, dorso nigro ...' of Seba 1759:104, pl. 33, fig. 3 [ref. 18716] [Ambon, Indonesia], the 'Ikan Maroeke' (which is Naso lituratus), 'Ikan Toetombo' (Ctenochaetus sp.) and 'Ikan Biroe' (Acanthurus sp.) of Valentyn 1726:371, 466, 473, figs. 77, 383, 404 [ref. 30358] [Ambon, Indonesia], the 'Seserinus' of Rondelet 1554:257 [ref. 30354] [Mediterranean Sea], the 'Rhombotides obscure caeruleus ...' of Klein 1740-49:34 (v. 4) [ref. 30141], and the 'Leervisch' of Ruysch 1718:4, Pl. 3, fig. 3 [ref. 30355] [Ambon, Indonesia]; also based on the 'Teuthis fusca caeruleo nitens' of Browne 1756:454 [ref. 30188] [Jamaica]. Originally based on multiple species, now restricted to the Indo-Pacific species (part, from Ambon, Indonesia) based on the two extant syntypes out of the Gronow collection. Lectotype designation needed. •Valid as Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:230 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:817 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:65 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:428 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:371 [ref. 23929], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:560 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:228 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:155 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:368 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:428 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:273 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:550 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1324 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:429 [ref. 25191], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:69 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:3681 [ref. 26301] dated 1758, Nakabo 2002:1324 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:206 [ref. 27510] dated 1758, Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:404 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:587 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:496 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1743 [ref. 29094], Randall 2007:430 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:109 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:228 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:23 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1035 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:271 [ref. 32706], Kottelat 2013:442 [ref. 32989], Wirtz et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33516] as not this species, Fricke et al. 2014:185 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:104 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:356 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:145 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:305 [ref. 36673], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Kovačić et al. 2021:59 [ref. 39014], Randall 2022:241 [ref. 40150]). Current status: Valid as Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus 1766). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Line Islands (Kiribati), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Kimberley (Western Australia), southern Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), New Caledonia and Samoa; waifs reaching Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

incornis, Naseus Cuvier [G.] 1829:225 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality stated [Maluku, Indonesia; India]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:67 [ref. 22195]. Available from footnote as, "Nas. incornis, N., Ren., I, f. 128, et encore moins bien, f. 147, probabl. l'Acanthurus harpuras, Shaw." Also appeared in Cuvier 1831:166 [ref. 30376]. •Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Bauchot & Randall 1996:67 [ref. 22195]). Current status: Synonym of Naso lituratus (Forster 1801). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

lituratus, Acanthurus Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:216 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality stated [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Syntypes: BMNH 1962.12.14.7-9 (3). Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). •Valid as Callicanthus lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Chen et al. 1997:156 [ref. 26476], Lobel & Lobel 2004:77 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:593 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:494 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1741 [ref. 29094], Randall 2007:437 [ref. 30952], Ho et al. 2011:210 [ref. 31484], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1032 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:214 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:185 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Naso lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Dor 1984:257 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:230 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:821 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:140 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:64 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:431 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:68 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:390 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:558 [ref. 27969] with authors as Bloch & Schneider, Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:833 [ref. 41086], Yokogawa & Abe 1997:2 [ref. 24373], Kuiter 1997:370 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:431 [ref. 25919], Borden 1998:105 [ref. 23309], Myers 1999:274 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:547 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:28 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1322 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:434 [ref. 25191], Lee et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25432], Randall & Earle 2000:21 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25858], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:104 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:172 [ref. 25489], Randall 2001:3679 [ref. 26301], Nakabo 2002:1322 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:415, 669 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:647 [ref. 27495], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Motomura et al. 2010:228 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:63 [ref. 39915], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider 1801, Koeda et al. 2016:103 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36673], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:16 [ref. 39607], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Naso lituratus (Forster 1801). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands (U. S. A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia);: eastern Pacific: Clipperton Island (France). Habitat: marine.