| Citation | Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky, 2010, The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist.. Zootaxa 2463:1-135. |
| Ref. | 84159 Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky, 2010 |
| Page | 82 |
| Named Used as Valid | Acanthurus xanthopterus |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Not in Red Sea. |
| Quote | Several authors mistakenly report this Indo-Pacific species from the Red Sea (see: Dor, 1984). It is absent from the Red Sea (Randall, 2001c). Therefore Randall (1984) did not include the Red Sea in its distribution map. |