Zanclidae (moorish idols)
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes)
Acanthurus achilles (Shaw, 1803)
Acanthurus guttatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
Randall (1988) placed A. bleekeri Günther in the synonymy of A. mata.
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Randall (1988) showed that A. nigricans is a senior synonym of A. glaucopareius Cuvier.
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835
Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
Acanthurus reversus Randall & Earle, 1999
A close relative of A. olivaceus Forster in Bloch & Schneider.
Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)
Acanthurus triostegus marquesensis Schultz & Woods, 1948
Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835
Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis Randall, 1955
Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Ctenochaetus flavicaudus Fowler, 1938
Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Naso brachycentron (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Naso brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835)
Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
Naso lituratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
This unicornfish in the Marquesas has a large blue area anteriorly on the side of the body.
zebrasoma rostratrum (Günther, 1873)
Siganidae (rabbitfishes)
Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Bothidae (lefteye flounders)
Arnoglossus sp.
BPBM 25174, 57 mm, Nuku Hiva, 117 m. Under study by Kunio Amaoka.
Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
Engyprosopon sp.
BPBM 17722, 57 mm, Nuku Hiva. A possible new species, but the specimen is in poor condi-
tion; it is currently under study by Kunio Amaoka.
Samaridae (slender flounders)
*Samariscus triocellatus Woods, 1966
BPBM 12618, 31 mm SL, Nuku Hiva.
Soleidae (soles)
Aseraggodes sp.
A probable undescribed species; BPBM 10992, 67 mm, Ua Huka; BPBM 12757, 30 mm, Nuku
Hiva. Counts of largest: D rays 76, A rays 58, LL scales 66.
Balistidae (triggerfishes)
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)
*Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1877
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