ciliatus, Balistes Mitchill [S. L.] 1818:326 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 5, art. 1); ref. 30214] Straits of Bahamas, Atlantic, depth 40 fathoms. No types known. •Valid as Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill 1818) -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:469 [ref. 14275] as cliliatus, Robins & Ray 1986:301 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:565 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:225 [ref. 14674], Harmelin-Vivien & Quéro 1990:1066 [ref. 19527], Boschung 1992:181 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:360 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:590 [ref. 16204] in Monacamthus [sic], Cervigón 1996:102 [ref. 24489], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:506 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:350 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:170 [ref. 27754], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:595 [ref. 26158], Matsuura 2003:1976 [ref. 27119], Menezes & Moura in Menezes et al. 2003:109 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:70 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:184 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:909 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:190 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:87 [ref. 33341], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Nión et al. 2016:55 [ref. 35565], Spier et al. 2018:18 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:9 [ref. 36717], Robertson et al. 2020:159 [ref. 38098], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:702 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:281 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill 1818). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Canada south to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.