Species that contain: Prionurus and microlepidotus [ 2 ] records

microlepidotus, Prionurus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1804:205, 211 [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 12515] No locality [= New South Wales, Australia, Voyage of Péron]., Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7004. Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:63 [ref. 22195]. •Synonym of Prionurus scalprus Valenciennes 1835 -- (Choi et al. 2003:670 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepède 1804 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:240 [ref. 7348], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Randall et al. 1990:433 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:370 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Kuiter 1997:372 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:433 [ref. 25919], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:132 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:161 [ref. 25804], Randall 2001:3665 [ref. 26301], Allen et al. 2006:1743 [ref. 29094]). Current status: Valid as Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepède 1804. Acanthuridae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

scalprum, Prionurus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:298 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8582. Type catalog: Bauchot & Randall 1996:68 [ref. 22195] as Prionurus scalprum. Type from H. Papke in letter 15 Nov. 2005. •Synonym of Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepède 1804 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:240 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes 1835 -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:228 [ref. 6441] as scalprus, Kuiter 1993:370 [ref. 23929] as sculprus, Chen et al. 1997:155 [ref. 26476] as scalprus, Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122] as scalprus, Nakabo 2000:1319 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:259 [ref. 25480] as scalprus, Shinohara et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25987], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:134 [ref. 26232] as scalprus, Randall 2001:161 [ref. 25804], Nakabo 2002:1319 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:415, 670 [ref. 26218] as scalprus, Parin 2003:S25 [ref. 28536], Motomura et al. 2010:228 [ref. 31256], Parin et al. 2014:507 [ref. 33547], Motomura et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:104 [ref. 35333], Kim et al. 2020:179 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37637], Dewa et al. 2022:29 [ref. 40001]). Current status: Valid as Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes 1835. Acanthuridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China north to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.