Species that contain: Taurichthys and varius [ 4 ] records

bleekeri, Taurichthys Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:15 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829) -- (Burgess 1978:267 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:163 [ref. 22764], Allen et al. 2006:1300 [ref. 29090]). Current status: Synonym of Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Habitat: marine.

taurichthys, Chaetodon (Heniochus) Swainson [W.] 1839:211 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Based on Cuvier Pl. 181 -- which is Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:Pl. 181 [ref. 4481]. Unneeded new name for Taurichthys varius Cuvier. •Synonym of Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829). Current status: Synonym of Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Habitat: marine.

varius, Taurichthys Cuvier [G.] 1829:192 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Neotype: MNHN A-0270. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:149 [ref. 20718]. Available as, "...Taurichthys varius, N., très bien rendu, Renard, I, xxx, 164, Valent., no. 71" ('Ikan karbauw hitam manis' of Valentyn 1726:369, fig. 71 [ref. 30358]). See also Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:148, pl. 181 [ref. 1000]. Neotype (as Néo-Holotype, also a Néo-Paratype) designated by Bauchot 1963:149 [ref. 20718]. •Valid as Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829) -- (Burgess 1978:266 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:163 [ref. 22764], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:186 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:98 [ref. 25477], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Randall et al. 1990:235 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:150 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:224 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:235 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:169 [ref. 23965], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:884 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:303 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3264 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:884 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:120 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:328 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1300 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:139 [ref. 31256], Zuo & Tang 2011:1003 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:541 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:58 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:193 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) east to Micronesia and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Taurichthys Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:151 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:149 [ref. 20718]. Based on drawings. •Synonym of Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829) -- (Burgess 1978:266 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:163 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Heniochus varius (Cuvier 1829). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Habitat: marine.