Species that contain: Prionurus and laticlavius [ 4 ] records

clarionis, Xesurus Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.] in Gilbert 1897:445, Pl. 51 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1115); ref. 1629] Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 47001-02 (1, 1), 47047 (1), 47114-15 (1, 1), 47148-52 (5), 52850 (1). •Synonym of Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Randall 2001:159 [ref. 25804]). Current status: Synonym of Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

hopkinsi, Xesurus Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:155, Pl. 25 (fig. 48) [Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences v. 4; ref. 1639] Panama. Holotype: CAS-SU 12671. Paratypes: (1) ?BMNH 1903.5.15.76 [from Jordan] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:104 [ref. 12291]. Holotype established in caption to Pl. 25. •Synonym of Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Randall 2001:159 [ref. 25804]). Current status: Synonym of Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.

laticlavius, Naseus Valenciennes [A.] 1846:no p., Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "la Vénus"; ref. 6165] Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7493 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:63 [ref. 22195]. Dates to publication in plate; corresponding text published as Valenciennes 1855:335 [ref. 4504] with genus as Prionurus. •Valid as Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:274 [ref. 22193], Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:844 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:45 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:566 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:255 [ref. 25640], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:136 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:161 [ref. 25804], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:450 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:611 [ref. 34923], Cambra et al. 2018:2 [ref. 36349], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Ludt et al. 2019:4008 [ref. 36781], Love et al. 2021:208 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Prionurus Gill [T. N.] 1862:242 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1665] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: CAS 79587 [ex OU 6099], MCZ 35896 [ex USNM 9306] (4), USNM 9306 (24). •Valid as Prionurus punctatus Gill 1862 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:274 [ref. 22193], Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:844 [ref. 22829], Thomson et al. 2000:255 [ref. 25640], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:137 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:161 [ref. 25804], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:164 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:150 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:450 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:611 [ref. 34923]). •Synonym of Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Ludt et al. 2019:4008 [ref. 36781]). Current status: Synonym of Prionurus laticlavius (Valenciennes 1846). Acanthuridae. Habitat: marine.