| Citation | Quoy, J.R. and P. Gaimard, 1824, Zoologie. Poissons.. p. 183-401. In L. de Frecinet. Voyage autour de monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S M l'URANIE et la PHYSICIENNE, pendant les années 1817-1820. Paris, 712 p. |
| Ref. | 394 Quoy, J.R. and P. Gaimard, 1824 |
| Page | 368;fig.3;pl.62 |
| Named Used as Valid | Amphacanthus argenteus |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Type locality, Guam and Mariana Islands |
| Distribution | |
| Quote | First description based on its 'prejuvenile' stage. Term used for a postlarval, pelagic stage whose form is different from that of the subsequent juvenile (Ref. 1419). |