semifasciatus, Holacanthus Kamohara [T.] 1934:459, Fig. 2 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 46 (no. 552); ref. 19716] Kashiwajima, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Kamohara "neotype": BSKU 8495 from Okinoshima, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:4 [ref. 19282]. Neotype designated by Kamohara 1961:4 [ref. 19282], but neotype designation was not made in a revisory work and is invalid. •Valid as Genicanthus semifasciatus (Kamohara 1934) -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:188 [ref. 6441], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:907 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:907 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:140 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:557 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Genicanthus semifasciatus (Kamohara 1934). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.