| Nominal Species (n = 228) | Present allocation (n = 109) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Monacanthus albopunctatus Seale, 1901 | Cantherhines dumerilii | 11441 |
| Monacanthus alternans Ogilby, 1899 | Pervagor alternans | 527 |
| Monacanthus amphioxys Cope, 1871 | Cantherhines pullus | 93826 |
| Pseudomonacanthus analis Waite, 1904 | Thamnaconus analis | 26282 |
| Aluterus anginosus Hollard, 1855 | Aluterus monoceros | 3592 |
| Monacanthus anginosus Hollard, 1853 | Aluterus monoceros | 26282 |
| Paramonacanthus arabicus Hutchins, 1997 | Paramonacanthus arabicus | 33065 |
| Cantherhines arenaceus Barnard, 1927 | Thamnaconus arenaceus | 4421 |
| Alutera armata Garman, 1903 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Paraluteres arqat Clark & Gohar, 1953 | Paraluteres arqat | 12541 |
| Monacanthus aspersus Hollard, 1854 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Monacanthus aspricaudus Hollard, 1854 | Pervagor aspricaudus | 527 |
| Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815 | Aluterus schoepfii | 3592 |
| Monacanthus auratus Castelnau, 1861 | Stephanolepis aurata | 4221 |
| Monacanthus auriga Lowe, 1852 | Stephanolepis hispida | 3592 |
| Balistes australis Donovan, 1824 | Meuschenia australis | 26282 |
| Balistes ayraud Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Nelusetta ayraud | 33839 |
| Arotrolepis barbarae Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | Paramonacanthus otisensis | 33065 |
| Anacanthus barbatus Gray, 1830 | Anacanthus barbatus | 3132 |
| Paramonacanthus barnardi Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | Paramonacanthus frenatus | 33065 |
| Aleuterius baueri Richardson, 1846 | Brachaluteres jacksonianus | 58462 |
| Brachaluteres baueri fahaqa Clark & Gohar, 1953 | Brachaluteres fahaqa | 12541 |
| Aluteres berardi Lesson, 1831 | Aluterus monoceros | 3592 |
| Monacanthus bertolonii Bianconi, 1855 | Paramonacanthus frenatus | 33065 |
| Aluterus blankerti Metzelaar, 1919 | Aluterus heudelotii | 3592 |
| Monacanthus Blochii Billberg, 1833 | Acreichthys tomentosus | 123549 |
| Hanomanctus bovinus Smith, 1949 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858 | Paramonacanthus japonicus | 33065 |
| Aleuterius brownii Richardson, 1846 | Acanthaluteres brownii | 26282 |
| Monacanthus brunneus Castelnau, 1873 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Blandowskius bucephalus Whitley, 1931 | Eubalichthys bucephalus | 26282 |
| Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus Hutchins, 1977 | Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus | 35708 |
| Monacanthus cantoris Bleeker, 1852 | Monacanthus chinensis | |
| Cantherhines carolae Jordan & McGregor, 1898 | Cantherhines dumerilii | 11441 |
| Monacanthus castelnaui Macleay, 1881 | Acanthaluteres brownii | 75154 |
| Cantherhines cerinus Randall, 2011 | Cantherhines cerinus | 88148 |
| Balistes chinensis Osbeck, 1765 | Monacanthus chinensis | 26282 |
| Monacanthus choirocephalus Bleeker, 1851 | Paramonacanthus choirocephalus | 33065 |
| Balistes ciliatus Mitchill, 1818 | Monacanthus ciliatus | 12965 |
| Alutera cinerea Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | Aluterus monoceros | 3592 |
| Laputa cingalensis (non Fraser-Brunner, 1941) | Paramonacanthus lowei | 33065 |
| Laputa cingalensis Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | Paramonacanthus pusillus | 33065 |
| Monacanthus cirrhifer Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | Stephanolepis cirrhifer | 26282 |
| Monacanthus cirrosus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 | Paramonacanthus nematophorus | 33065 |
| Monacanthus cryptodon Bleeker, 1855 | Paramonacanthus cryptodon | 46206 |
| Monacanthus cryptodon (non Bleeker, 1855) | Paramonacanthus japonicus | 46206 |
| Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855 | Aluterus schoepfii | 3592 |
| Monacanthus curtorhynchos Bleeker, 1855 | Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos | 56787 |
| Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818 | Aluterus schoepfii | 3592 |
| Eubalichthys cyanoura Hutchins, 1987 | Eubalichthys cyanoura | 33839 |
| Monacanthus davidsonii Cope, 1871 | Monacanthus ciliatus | 3592 |
| Pseudomonacanthus degeni Regan, 1903 | Thamnaconus degeni | 9563 |
| Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | Stephanolepis diaspros | 3467 |
| Monacanthus dumerilii Hollard, 1854 | Cantherhines dumerilii | 4421 |
| Pseudomonacanthus elongatus Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | Pseudomonacanthus elongatus | 3131 |
| Rudarius ercodes Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | Rudarius ercodes | 559 |
| Rudarius excelsus Hutchins, 1977 | Rudarius excelsus | 35708 |
| Thamnaconus fajardoi Smith, 1953 | Thamnaconus fajardoi | 4421 |
| Paramonacanthus falcatus Kotthaus, 1979 | Paramonacanthus pusillus | 33065 |
| Monacanthus fatensis Seale, 1906 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Brachaluteres fidens Whitley, 1931 | Brachaluteres jacksonianus | 9563 |
| Thamnaconus fijiensis Hutchins & Matsuura, 1984 | Thamnaconus fijiensis | 31169 |
| Enigmacanthus filamentosus Hutchins, 2002 | Enigmacanthus filamentosus | 48594 |
| Monacanthus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1838 | Stephanolepis hispida | 3592 |
| Monacanthus filicauda Günther, 1880 | Arotrolepis filicauda | 26282 |
| Meuschenia flavolineata Hutchins, 1977 | Meuschenia flavolineata | 35708 |
| Monacanthus forsteri Castelnau, 1872 | Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus | 75154 |
| Monacanthus frauenfeldii Kner, 1867 | Nelusetta ayraud | 75154 |
| Monacanthus frenatus Peters, 1855 | Paramonacanthus frenatus | 33065 |
| Balistes freycineti Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Meuschenia freycineti | 26282 |
| Monacanthus fronticinctus Günther, 1867 | Cantherhines fronticinctus | 4421 |
| Monacanthus fuliginosus Macleay, 1883 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Eubalichthys fuscosinus Hutchins, 1977 | Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus | 5978 |
| Monacanthus fuscus Fischer, 1885 | Aluterus heudelotii | 3592 |
| Pseudomonacanthus galii Waite, 1905 | Meuschenia galii | 12965 |
| Monacanthus gallinula Valenciennes, 1843 | Stephanolepis hispida | 3592 |
| Paramonacanthus garretti Fowler, 1928 | Thamnaconus garretti | 123477 |
| Cantheschenia grandisquamis Hutchins, 1977 | Cantheschenia grandisquamis | 35708 |
| Balistes granulata White, 1790 | Scobinichthys granulatus | 26282 |
| Balistes granulosus Gronow, 1854 | Monacanthus chinensis | 33021 |
| Monacanthus gunnii Günther, 1870 | Eubalichthys gunnii | 26282 |
| Monacanthus guntheri Macleay, 1881 | Acanthaluteres vittiger | 123477 |
| Alutera guntheriana Poey, 1863 | Aluterus monoceros | 3592 |
| Monacanthus hajam Bleeker, 1851 | Acreichthys hajam | 559 |
| Oxymonacanthus halli Marshall, 1952 | Oxymonacanthus halli | 8883 |
| Aluterus heudelotii Hollard, 1855 | Aluterus heudelotii | 13608 |
| Balistes hippocrepis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Meuschenia hippocrepis | 26282 |
| Balistes hispidus Linnaeus, 1766 | Stephanolepis hispida | 3592 |
| Balistes hispidus longirostris Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Oxymonacanthus longirostris | 4421 |
| Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855 | Aluterus schoepfii | 3592 |
| Monacanthus homopterus Cope, 1871 | Cantherhines pullus | 3592 |
| Paramonacanthus horae Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | Paramonacanthus tricuspis | 33065 |
| Monacanthus houttuyni Bleeker, 1854 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Monacanthus howensis Ogilby, 1889 | Cantherhines dumerilii | 54621 |
| Monacanthus hypargyreus Cope, 1871 | Thamnaconus hypargyreus | 33021 |
| Monacanthus irroratus Poey, 1860 | Cantherhines pullus | 3592 |
| Monacanthus isogramma Bleeker, 1857 | Paramonacanthus sulcatus | 33065 |
| Balistes jacksonianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Brachaluteres jacksonianus | 26282 |
| Monacanthus janthinosoma Bleeker, 1854 | Pervagor janthinosoma | 527 |
| Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809 | Paramonacanthus japonicus | 33065 |
| Balistes japonicus Walbaum, 1792 | Stephanolepis cirrhifer | 127492 |
| Monacanthus kibikib Montrouzier, 1857 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Monacanthus laevicaudatus Duncker & Mohr, 1929 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Balistes laevis Bloch, 1795 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Monacanthus lineoguttatus Hollard, 1854 | Acanthaluteres brownii | 75154 |
| Balistes liturosus Shaw, 1804 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Cantherhines longicaudus Hutchins & Randall, 1982 | Cantherhines longicaudus | 6220 |
| Amanses longipinnis Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | Cantheschenia longipinnis | 26282 |
| Paramonacanthus lowei Hutchins, 1997 | Paramonacanthus lowei | 33065 |
| Chaetodermis maccullochi Waite, 1905 | Chaetodermis penicilligerus | 33021 |
| Monacanthus macrocerus Hollard, 1853 | Cantherhines macrocerus | 5265 |
| Monacanthus macrolepis Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | Monacanthus chinensis | 9563 |
| Monacanthus macrurus Bleeker, 1856 | Pseudomonacanthus macrurus | 12745 |
| Aluterus maculosus Richardson, 1840 | Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus | 35708 |
| Pervagor marginalis Hutchins, 1986 | Pervagor marginalis | 527 |
| Paramonacanthus matsuurai Hutchins, 1997 | Paramonacanthus matsuurai | 33065 |
| Cantherines maynardi Ogilby, 1916 | Pseudomonacanthus peroni | 35708 |
| Monacanthus melanistius Regan, 1908 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Monacanthus melanocephalus Bleeker, 1853 | Pervagor melanocephalus | 527 |
| Monacanthus melanocephalus (non Bleeker, 1853) | Pervagor randalli | 527 |
| Pervagor melanocephalus johnstonensis Woods, 1966 | Pervagor aspricaudus | 527 |
| Pervagor melanocephalus marshallensis Woods, 1966 | Pervagor alternans | 527 |
| Pseudomonacanthus melanoides Ogilby, 1908 | Cantherhines pardalis | 75154 |
| Monacanthus melanoproctes Boulenger, 1889 | Thamnaconus melanoproctes | 12965 |
| Monacanthus melanuropterus Bleeker, 1853 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Amanses microlepidotus Gray, 1859 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Rudarius minutus Tyler, 1970 | Rudarius minutus | 2334 |
| Cantherhines modestoides Barnard, 1927 | Thamnaconus modestoides | 4421 |
| Thamnaconus modestoides erythraeensis Bauchot & Maugé, 1978 | Thamnaconus modestoides | 12541 |
| Monacanthus modestus Günther, 1877 | Thamnaconus modestus | 12965 |
| Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 | Aluterus monoceros | 3592 |
| Monacanthus mosaicus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886 | Eubalichthys mosaicus | 9563 |
| Pseudomonacanthus multilineatus Tanaka, 1918 | Thamnaconus multilineatus | 26282 |
| Monacanthus multiradiatus Günther, 1870 | Meuschenia freycineti | 33021 |
| Balistes mylii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822 | Monacanthus chinensis | 54621 |
| Aluterus nasicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | Pseudalutarius nasicornis | 80565 |
| Monacanthus nasutus Swainson, 1839 | Cantherhines sandwichiensis | 93382 |
| Monacanthus natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Monacanthus nematophorus Günther, 1870 | Paramonacanthus nematophorus | 10685 |
| Monacanthus nemurus Bleeker, 1851 | Paramonacanthus choirocephalus | 33021 |
| Stephanolepis nigrolineatus Herre, 1927 | Pervagor nigrolineatus | 527 |
| Cantherines nigromaculosus Tanaka, 1912 | Thamnaconus tessellatus | 93382 |
| Monacanthus nipponensis Kamohara, 1939 | Paramonacanthus nipponensis | 26282 |
| Monacanthus nitens (non Hollard, 1854) | Pervagor alternans | 527 |
| Monacanthus nitens Hollard, 1854 | Pervagor janthinosoma | 48594 |
| Cantherhines nukuhiva Randall, 2011 | Cantherhines nukuhiva | 88148 |
| Monacanthus oblongus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | Paramonacanthus oblongus | 1623 |
| Paramonacanthus oblongus otisensis Whitley, 1931 | Paramonacanthus otisensis | 26282 |
| Monacanthus occidentalis Günther, 1870 | Monacanthus ciliatus | 3592 |
| Stephanolepis ocheticus Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | Stephanolepis diaspros | 33403 |
| Monacanthus oppositus Poey, 1860 | Stephanolepis hispida | 3592 |
| Balistes ornatus Marion de Procé, 1822 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Weerutta ovalis Scott, 1962 | Eubalichthys mosaicus | 9563 |
| Aleuteres paragaudatus Richardson, 1840 | Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus | 35708 |
| Monacanthus pardalis Rüppell, 1837 | Cantherhines pardalis | 3592 |
| Monacanthus pardalis (non Rüppell, 1837) | Cantherhines pullus | 3592 |
| Aluteres pareva Lesson, 1831 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Pseudomonacanthus paschalis Regan, 1913 | Thamnaconus paschalis | 33021 |
| Colurodontis paxmani Hutchins, 1977 | Colurodontis paxmani | 31792 |
| Balistes penicilligerus Cuvier, 1816 | Chaetodermis penicilligerus | 26282 |
| Thamnaconus penicularius Fourmanoir, 1955 | Amanses scopas | 33021 |
| Monacanthus peroni Hollard, 1854 | Pseudomonacanthus peroni | 48594 |
| Aluteres personatus Lesson, 1831 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Alutera picturata Poey, 1863 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Monacanthus piraaca Kner, 1867 | Monacanthus ciliatus | 3592 |
| Monacanthus platifrons Hollard, 1854 | Nelusetta ayraud | 75154 |
| Stephanolepis pricei Snyder, 1904 | Pervagor spilosoma | 527 |
| Alutarius prionurus Bleeker, 1851 | Paraluteres prionurus | 4421 |
| Monacanthus pullus Ranzani, 1842 | Cantherhines pullus | 12965 |
| Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831 | Aluterus schoepfii | 3592 |
| Monacanthus punctatus Poey, 1868 | Cantherhines pullus | 3592 |
| Monacanthus pusillus Rüppell, 1829 | Paramonacanthus pusillus | 33065 |
| Eubalichthys quadrispinis Hutchins, 1977 | Eubalichthys quadrispinis | 35708 |
| Monacanthus radiatus Popta, 1900 | Acreichthys radiatus | 75154 |
| Pervagor randalli Hutchins, 1986 | Pervagor randalli | 527 |
| Amanses rapanui de Buen, 1963 | Cantherhines rapanui | 6220 |
| Stephanolepis rectifrons Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | Stephanolepis aurata | 4221 |
| Stephanolepis retrospinis Fowler, 1943 | Paramonacanthus choirocephalus | 33065 |
| Monacanthus rubricauda Bliss, 1883 | Pervagor aspricaudus | 527 |
| Monacanthus ruppelii Castelnau, 1855 | Cantherhines pullus | 3592 |
| Balistes sandwichiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Cantherhines sandwichiensis | 26282 |
| Balistes scaber Forster, 1801 | Meuschenia scaber | 26282 |
| Pervagor scanleni Smith, 1957 | Pervagor janthinosoma | 527 |
| Pervagor scanleni (non Smith, 1957) | Pervagor melanocephalus | 4421 |
| Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 | Aluterus schoepfii | 12965 |
| Balistes scopas Cuvier, 1829 | Amanses scopas | 4421 |
| Balistes scriptus Osbeck, 1765 | Aluterus scriptus | 4421 |
| Stephanolepis septemclassiensis Barton, 1945 | Pervagor nigrolineatus | 527 |
| Monacanthus septentrionalis Günther, 1874 | Thamnaconus septentrionalis | 26282 |
| Balistes serraticornis Fréminville, 1813 | Aluterus monoceros | 3592 |
| Monacanthus setifer (non Bennett, 1831) | Enigmacanthus filamentosus | 48594 |
| Monacanthus setifer (non Bennett, 1831) | Stephanolepis hispida | 3592 |
| Monacanthus setifer DeKay, 1842 | Stephanolepis hispida | 33021 |
| Monacanthus setifer Bennett, 1831 | Stephanolepis setifer | 35505 |
| Monacanthus setosus Waite, 1899 | Meuschenia scaber | 9563 |
| Meuschenia skottowei Whitley, 1934 | Meuschenia freycineti | 33021 |
| Balistes spilomelanurus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus | 26282 |
| Monacanthus spilonotus Cope, 1871 | Stephanolepis hispida | 3592 |
| Monacanthus spilosoma Lay & Bennett, 1839 | Pervagor spilosoma | 527 |
| Amanses striatus Kotthaus, 1979 | Thamnaconus striatus | 26282 |
| Monacanthus sulcatus Hollard, 1854 | Paramonacanthus sulcatus | 33021 |
| Brachaluteres taylori Woods, 1966 | Brachaluteres taylori | 48594 |
| Monacanthus tessellatus Günther, 1880 | Thamnaconus tessellatus | 33352 |
| Cantherhines tiki Randall, 1964 | Cantherhines tiki | 5265 |
| Balistes tomentosus Linnaeus, 1758 | Acreichthys tomentosus | 26282 |
| Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860 | Paramonacanthus japonicus | 33065 |
| Monacanthus trachylepis Günther, 1870 | Meuschenia trachylepis | 33021 |
| Monacanthus trichurus Bleeker, 1853 | Acreichthys tomentosus | 123477 |
| Monacanthus tricuspis Hollard, 1854 | Paramonacanthus tricuspis | 33065 |
| Aleuterius trossulus Richardson, 1846 | Brachaluteres jacksonianus | 54621 |
| Monacanthus tuckeri Bean, 1906 | Monacanthus tuckeri | 7251 |
| Pseudomonacanthus tweediei Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | Pseudomonacanthus tweediei | 130589 |
| Brachaluteres ulvarum Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | Brachaluteres ulvarum | 559 |
| Laputa umgazi Smith, 1949 | Paramonacanthus pusillus | 33065 |
| Lalmohania velutina Hutchins, 1994 | Lalmohania velutina | 31791 |
| Aluterus velutinus Jenyns, 1842 | Nelusetta ayraud | 75154 |
| Aluterus venosus Hollard, 1855 | Aluterus scriptus | 3592 |
| Alutera ventralis Longley, 1935 | Aluterus heudelotii | 3592 |
| Meuschenia venusta Hutchins, 1977 | Meuschenia venusta | 35708 |
| Cantherhines verecundus Jordan, 1925 | Cantherhines verecundus | 6220 |
| Rudarius virgulatus Nalbant & Mayer, 1975 | Paramonacanthus pusillus | 33065 |
| Monacanthus vittatus Richardson, 1846 | Nelusetta ayraud | 75154 |
| Monacanthus vittiger Castelnau, 1873 | Acanthaluteres vittiger | 26282 |
| Stephanolepis weberi Fowler & Steinitz, 1956 | Stephanolepis diaspros | 33403 |
| Paramonacanthus whitleyi Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | Paramonacanthus choirocephalus | 33065 |
| Brachaluteres wolfei Scott, 1969 | Brachaluteres jacksonianus | 26282 |
| Thamnaconus xanthopterus Xu & Zhan, 1988 | Thamnaconus hypargyreus | |
| Monacanthus yagoi Castelnau, 1878 | Acanthaluteres brownii | 75154 |