lunulatus, Chaetodon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:381 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Hawaiian Islands, or possibly Guam, western Pacific. Holotype: MNHN A-0277. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:124 [ref. 20718]. •Synonym of Chaetodon trifasciatus Park 1797 -- (Burgess 1978:478 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:160 [ref. 22764]). •Valid as Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard 1825 -- (Kuiter 1995:105 [ref. 22918], Allen 1997:150 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:220 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:164 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:892 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:892 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:305 [ref. 27125], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:117 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:18 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:315 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:396 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1291 [ref. 29090], Hobbs et al. 2008:8 [ref. 39350], Hobbs et al. 2010:64 [ref. 30769], Hobbs et al. 2010:67 [ref. 30769], Randall 2007:282 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:136 [ref. 31256], Zuo & Tang 2011:1004 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:525 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:99 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:54 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:185 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard 1825. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands, northern Line Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Tonga, Rapa and Gambier Islands. Habitat: marine.