strigilifer, Triacanthus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1345 [363], Pl. 9 (figs. 1-2) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Holotype (unique): apparently lost. On p. 363 of separate. •Valid as Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer (Cantor 1849) -- (Tyler 1968:290 [ref. 6438], Allen & Swainston 1988:148 [ref. 25477], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:302 [ref. 24014] as striglifer, Randall 1995:391 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:606 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:236 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:235 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:179 [ref. 26476] dated 1850, Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3908 [ref. 26315], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Hoese et al. 2006:1865 [ref. 29067] dated 1850, Larson et al. 2013:231 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:224 [ref. 34464], Matsuura 2014:6 [ref. 33576], Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2015:98 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:331 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:229 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36183], Eagderi et al. 2019:139 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:604 [ref. 37272], Mary et al. 2021:395 [ref. 38693], Matsuura 2022:413 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Valid as Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer (Cantor 1849). Triacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.