lituratus, Acanthurus Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:216 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality stated [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Syntypes: BMNH 1962.12.14.7-9 (3). Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). •Valid as Callicanthus lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Chen et al. 1997:156 [ref. 26476], Lobel & Lobel 2004:77 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:593 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:494 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1741 [ref. 29094], Randall 2007:437 [ref. 30952], Ho et al. 2011:210 [ref. 31484], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1032 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:214 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:185 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Naso lituratus (Forster 1801) -- (Dor 1984:257 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:230 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:821 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:140 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:64 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:431 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:68 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:390 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:558 [ref. 27969] with authors as Bloch & Schneider, Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Yokogawa & Abe 1997:2 [ref. 24373], Kuiter 1997:370 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:431 [ref. 25919], Borden 1998:105 [ref. 23309], Myers 1999:274 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:547 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:28 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1322 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:434 [ref. 25191], Lee et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25432], Randall & Earle 2000:21 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25858], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:104 [ref. 26232], Randall 2001:172 [ref. 25489], Randall 2001:3679 [ref. 26301], Nakabo 2002:1322 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:415, 669 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:647 [ref. 27495], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Motomura et al. 2010:228 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:63 [ref. 39915], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider 1801, Koeda et al. 2016:103 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36673], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:16 [ref. 39607], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Naso lituratus (Forster 1801). Acanthuridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands (U. S. A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.
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