canescens, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:272 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] "Indiis". Holotype (unique): MNHN A-0681 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:118-119 [ref. 20718], Bauchot & Randall 1996:63 [ref. 22195]. Based on a figure of a specimen in Seba, Pl. 25, no. 7 [MNHN A-0681] as quoted by Artedi. •Valid as Zanclus canescens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Heemstra & Smith 1986:823 [ref. 5668], Paulin et al. 1989:226 [ref. 24556], Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:844 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:48 [ref. 24545]). •Synonym of Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Randall et al. 1990:434 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:375 [ref. 23929], Allen & Robertson 1994:275 [ref. 22193], Randall 1995:375 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:533 [ref. 24106], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:261 [ref. 25480], Thomson et al. 2000:257 [ref. 25640], Randall 2001:3651 [ref. 26301], Randall 2005:572 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:485 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1730 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2019:299 [ref. 36673], Holleman 2022:218 [ref. 40149]). Current status: Synonym of Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus 1758). Zanclidae. Habitat: marine.