zoster, Chaetodon Bennett [E. T.] 1831:61 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 19795] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:342 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett 1831) -- (Burgess 1978:195 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:163 [ref. 22764], Heemstra 1986:631 [ref. 5660], Winterbottom et al. 1989:43 [ref. 13251], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Randall 1995:252 [ref. 22896], Chen et al. 1997:117 [ref. 26476], Randall & Kunzmann 1998:482 [ref. 23919], Myers 1999:167 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:342 [ref. 24106], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:294 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:325 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:289 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:73 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:190 [ref. 30463], Caratini & Soriano 2011:100 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:538 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:240 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:157 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:84 [ref. 36871], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:464 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett 1831). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Aliwal Shoal and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Andaman Sea, north to India, south to 28°S. Habitat: marine.