spinus, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:281 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Java, Indonesia. No types known. •Valid as Siganus spinus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:233 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:439 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:34 [ref. 19220], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:298 [ref. 24014], Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:376 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:439 [ref. 25919], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Myers 1999:267 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:751 [ref. 25471], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1315 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:443 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Sakai et al. 2001:121 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:155 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3644 [ref. 26300], Nakabo 2002:1315 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:646 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:199 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:602 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:130 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1726 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:225 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1013 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:180 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354], Motomura et al. 2017:203 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:556 [ref. 37272], Woodland 2022:215 [ref. 40143]). Current status: Valid as Siganus spinus (Linnaeus 1758). Siganidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Andaman Sea east Marshall Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.