Species that contain: Paramonacanthus and choirocephalus [ 4 ] records

choirocephalus, Monacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1851:19, Pl. 2 (fig. 4) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 11); ref. 16836] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and Bleeker specimens: (8) AMS B.7612 (1), BMNH 1867.11.28.204 (1), RMNH 7301 (47, some probably syntypes), MNHN 0000-4788 (2) Jakarta, NMV 46537 (2), SMNS 10614 (3 syntypes). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:520 [ref. 21538], Fricke 1991:17 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:48 [ref. 29864], Beaunier et al. 2009:303 [ref. 28887]. •Valid as Monacanthus choirocephalus Bleeker 1851 -- (Kailola 1971:131 [ref. 39475]). •Valid as Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:283 [ref. 19754], Allen & Swainston 1988:152 [ref. 25477], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:301 [ref. 24014], Larson & Williams 1997:375 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 1997:19 [ref. 23117], Allen 1997:242 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:237 [ref. 23922], Chhapgar & Muley 1997:582 [ref. 24979], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3942 [ref. 26316], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:49 [ref. 27712], Allen et al. 2006:1893 [ref. 29098], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1075 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:234 [ref. 32988] dated 1852, Yoshida et al. 2013:229 [ref. 34464] dated 1852, Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576] dated 1853, Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2015:103 [ref. 34319] dated 1852, Motomura et al. 2017:233 [ref. 35490], Mary et al. 2021:396 [ref. 38693], Vilasri et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Odisha (India) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, south to Australia. Habitat: marine.

nemurus, Monacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1851:20, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 11); ref. 16836] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ?BMNH 1867.11.28.145 (1), RMNH 7302 (1). •Valid as Paramonacanthus nemurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Mohsin & Ambak 1996:617 [ref. 27969]). •Synonym of Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Hutchins 1997:19 [ref. 23117]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

retrospinis, Stephanolepis Fowler [H. W.] 1943:90 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 14 (pt 2); ref. 1441] Cebu Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 108467. •Questionably a synonym of Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Hutchins 1997:19 [ref. 23117]). Current status: Uncertain as Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

whitleyi, Paramonacanthus Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1941:194, Fig. 7 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 8 (no. 45); ref. 1494] Between Cape Jaubert and Wallah, Western Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.4136. Paratypes: AMS IA.4137-38 (2). •Synonym of Paramonacanthus oblongus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283]). •Synonym of Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Hutchins 1997:19 [ref. 23117], Allen et al. 2006:1893 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.