choirocephalus, Monacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1851:19, Pl. 2 (fig. 4) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 11); ref. 16836] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and Bleeker specimens: (8) AMS B.7612 (1), BMNH 1867.11.28.204 (1), RMNH 7301 (47, some probably syntypes), MNHN 0000-4788 (2) Jakarta, NMV 46537 (2), SMNS 10614 (3 syntypes). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:520 [ref. 21538], Fricke 1991:17 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:48 [ref. 29864], Beaunier et al. 2009:303 [ref. 28887]. •Valid as Monacanthus choirocephalus Bleeker 1851 -- (Kailola 1971:131 [ref. 39475]). •Valid as Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:283 [ref. 19754], Allen & Swainston 1988:152 [ref. 25477], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:301 [ref. 24014], Larson & Williams 1997:375 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 1997:19 [ref. 23117], Allen 1997:242 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:237 [ref. 23922], Chhapgar & Muley 1997:582 [ref. 24979], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3942 [ref. 26316], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:49 [ref. 27712], Allen et al. 2006:1893 [ref. 29098], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1075 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:234 [ref. 32988] dated 1852, Yoshida et al. 2013:229 [ref. 34464] dated 1852, Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576] dated 1853, Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2015:103 [ref. 34319] dated 1852, Motomura et al. 2017:233 [ref. 35490], Mary et al. 2021:396 [ref. 38693], Vilasri et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker 1851). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Odisha (India) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, south to Australia. Habitat: marine.