Acanthurus melanopterus Shen and Lim, 1973:122

Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2011, 2957, Zootaxa 2957, pp. 1-74 : 59

301. Acanthurus melanopterus Shen and Lim, 1973:122 , fig. 29

= Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz

Holotype: NTUM 72121801 (68.6), Wan –li–tung, southwestern tip of Taiwan, 5–10 m, 18 Dec. 1972.

Paratype: NTUM 72111702 (1, 46.0), Wan –li–tung, southwestern tip of Taiwan, 5–10 m, 17 Nov. 1972 .

Remark. We followed Randall (2002:55) to include this species in the synonymy of Acanthurus pyroferus .