vulpinus, Amphacanthus Schlegel [H.] & Müller [S.] 1845:12 [Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen / door de Leden der Natuurkundige Commissie in Indië en andere schrijvers; uitgegeven ... door C. J. Temminck No. 12; ref. 19222] Ternate Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 1552. Paralectotypes: RMNH 1107 (2). Lectotype selected by Woodland 1990:111 [ref. 19220]. Described in more detail by Schlegel 1852:38 [ref. 18696]. •Valid as Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller 1845) -- (Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:234 [ref. 6441], Shen & Lin 1984:19 [ref. 13822], Randall et al. 1990:440 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:109 [ref. 19220], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:551 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:150 [ref. 26476] dated 1844, Kuiter 1997:380 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:440 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:268 [ref. 23965], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:443 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:266 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:176 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3648 [ref. 26300] dated 1848, Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:200 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:603 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1727 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1015 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:180 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36673], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:11 [ref. 40448], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1172 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller 1845). Siganidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sumatra (Indonesia) and Sabah (Malaysia) east to Caroline Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to Taiwan, south to northern Western Australia and Queensland (Australia), and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.