Species that contain: Rhinecanthus and verrucosus [ 6 ] records

praslensis, Balistes Hollard [H. L. G. M.] 1854:332 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 1; ref. 18300] Syntypes: MNHN B-1769 (1) Waigiou, B-1771 (1) Port Praslin, B-1772 (1) Vanocoro, B-1768 (1) Waigiou, B-1844 (1) Mer des Indes, B-1901 (1) Mer des Indes. Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:290 [ref. 28887]. MNHN B-1769 is also the holotype of Balistes praslinensis Quou & Gaimard 1824; MNHN B-1771 is also the holotype of Balistes praslinoides Lesson 1831. •Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Beaunier et al. 2009:290 [ref. 28887], Parenti 2021:659 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.

praslinensis, Balistes Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:205, Pl. 46 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Praslin Island; Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia. Holotype: MNHN B-1769. Non-types: MNHN B-1770 (1) Timor. Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:516 [ref. 21538], Beaunier et al. 2009:290 [ref. 28887]. •Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Beaunier et al. 2009:290 [ref. 28887], Parenti 2021:659 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.

praslinoides, Balistes Lesson [R. P.] 1831:117, Poissons Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Port Praslin, New Ireland Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-1771. Non-types: MNHN B-1768 (1). Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:290 [ref. 28887]. Apparently an incorrect subsequent spelling of Balistes praslinensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824. •Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Beaunier et al. 2009:290 [ref. 28887], Parenti 2021:659 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.

spinosissimus, Balistes Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:211, Pl. 45 (figs. 3 and 8) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Shark Bay, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2028. Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:291 [ref. 28887]. •Synonym of Chaetoderma penicilligera (Cuvier 1817) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283] dated 1816). •Synonym of Chaetodermis penicilligerus (Cuvier 1816) -- (Allen et al. 2006:1885 [ref. 29098]). •Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Beaunier et al. 2009:291 [ref. 28887]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodermis penicilligerus (Cuvier 1816). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

verrucosus, Balistes Linnaeus [C.] 1758:328 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. Holotype (unique): NRM LP 38. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:275 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:277 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Matsuura & Shiobara 1989:317 [ref. 13563], Randall et al. 1990:457 [ref. 15987], Suzuki & Uno 1992:3 [ref. 24139], Goren & Dor 1994:73 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:457 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:283 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:585 [ref. 24106], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1400 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3926 [ref. 26315], Nakabo 2002:1400 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:220 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1875 [ref. 29098], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:85 [ref. 35264], Motomura et al. 2010:233 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1065 [ref. 31980], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:194 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:112 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:178 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:324 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:659 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Valid as Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758). Balistidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, East Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius (Mascarenes) and Chagos Archipelago east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Balistes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:476 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:299 [ref. 28887]. Based on Balistis pralin of Lacepède 1801:1:344 and 363. •Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2021:659 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.