Monacanthus Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1183 Masc. Balistes chinensis Osbeck 1765. Based on "Les Monacanthes" of Cuvier 1816:152. See Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]. First technical addition of species not researched. •Valid as Monacanthus Oken 1817 -- (Matsuura 1979:164 [ref. 7019], Tyler 1980:176 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Aboussouan & Leis 1984:452 [ref. 13661], Gomon et al. 1994:887 [ref. 22532], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:506 [ref. 24550], Hutchins 2001:3931 [ref. 26316], Allen et al. 2006:1890 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:838 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Motomura et al. 2017:232 [ref. 35490]). Current status: Valid as Monacanthus Oken 1817. Monacanthidae.