dumerilii, Monacanthus Hollard [H. L. G. M.] 1854:361 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 2; ref. 18301] Mauritius. Holotype (unique): possibley MNHN B-1969. Type catalog: see Beaunier et al. 2009:292, 299 [ref. 28887]. See Randall 2011:11[ref. 31468] for remarks on the holotype. •Valid as Cantherhinus dumerilii (Hollard 1854) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:360 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:462 [ref. 15987], Allen & Robertson 1994:297 [ref. 22193], Bussing & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:1280 [ref. 22830] as dumerili, Randall 1995:396 [ref. 22896], Lindberg et al. 1997:94 [ref. 23547] as Cantherines, Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:600 [ref. 24023] as dumerili, Kuiter 1997:398 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:462 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:285 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:591 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268] as Cantherines, Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:459 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:270 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377] as dumerili, Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:78 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:444 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:633 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:528 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:479 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:118 [ref. 30213], with genus as Cantherhinus, Randall 2011:9 [ref. 31468]). •Valid as Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard 1854) -- (Hutchins 1977:54 [ref. 2283] as dumerili, Hutchins 1986:884 [ref. 5673], Winterbottom et al. 1989:67 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:73 [ref. 25356], Nakabo 2000:1405 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:3938 [ref. 26316], Nakabo 2002:1405 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:448, 693 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Nelson et al. 2004:184 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:179 [ref. 37547], Allen et al. 2006:1884 [ref. 29098], Béarez & Séret 2009:152 [ref. 36646], Motomura et al. 2010:235 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1072 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:190 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:272 [ref. 32706], Matsuura 2014:11 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:195 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] as Cantherines, Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Psomadakis et al. 2015:334 [ref. 34104], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:150 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34668], Moazzam & Osmany 2016:2 [ref. 39994], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:380 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:327 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:611 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:128 [ref. 37637], Hutchins 2022:433 [ref. 40252], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard 1854). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian islands (U.S.A.), north to central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia), northern New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, Rapa (French Polynesia) and Ducie (Pitcairn Group); eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California (Mexico) south to Panama, including Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands. Habitat: marine.