| Nominal Species (n = 130) | Present allocation (n = 42) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Rhinecanthus abyssus Matsuura & Shiobara, 1989 | Rhinecanthus abyssus | 9770 |
| Balistes aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 | Rhinecanthus aculeatus | 4420 |
| Balistes aculeatus minor Forsskål, 1775 | Balistapus undulatus | 83466 |
| Balistes aculeatus viridis Bennett, 1828 | Balistapus undulatus | 123477 |
| Balistes adspersus Tschudi, 1846 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes albicaudatus Rüppell, 1829 | Sufflamen albicaudatum | 26282 |
| Balistes americanus Gmelin, 1789 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes angulosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes asperrimus Cope, 1871 | Canthidermis sufflamen | 33021 |
| Balistes assasi Fabricius, 1775 | Rhinecanthus assasi | 26282 |
| Balistes auromarginatus Bennett, 1832 | Xanthichthys auromarginatus | 26282 |
| Balistes azureus Lesson, 1831 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes bellus Walbaum, 1792 | Balistes vetula | 7348 |
| Melichthys bispinosus Gilbert, 1890 | Melichthys niger | 7348 |
| Balistes brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Balistoides viridescens | 33021 |
| Balistes brevissimus Hollard, 1854 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Balistes buniva (non Lacepède, 1803) | Melichthys niger | 34088 |
| Balistes bursa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Sufflamen bursa | 4420 |
| Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 | Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus | 1602 |
| Balistes caerulescens Rüppell, 1829 | Pseudobalistes fuscus | 33021 |
| Balistes capistratus Shaw, 1804 | Sufflamen fraenatum | 11441 |
| Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 | Balistes capriscus | 35505 |
| Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854 | Balistes capriscus | 123477 |
| Balistes capriscus Walbaum, 1792 | Balistes capriscus | 123477 |
| Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789 | Balistes capriscus | 35505 |
| Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854 | Balistes capriscus | 123477 |
| Monacanthus cheverti Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 | Rhinecanthus aculeatus | 7348 |
| Balistes chrysopterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Sufflamen chrysopterum | 12745 |
| Balistes cicatricosus Poey, 1860 | Xanthichthys ringens | 33021 |
| Balistes ciliaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Balistes punctatus | 7348 |
| Balistes cinereus Bonnaterre, 1788 | Rhinecanthus cinereus | 33021 |
| Balistes conspicillum Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Balistoides conspicillum | 4420 |
| Balistes curassavicus Gmelin, 1789 | Xanthichthys ringens | 7348 |
| Balistes dichrostigma Duméril, 1861 | Balistes punctatus | 7348 |
| Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 | Rhinecanthus rectangulus | 4420 |
| Balistes ellioti Day, 1889 | Balistes ellioti | 45255 |
| Balistes elongatus Hollard, 1854 | Xanthichthys ringens | 33021 |
| Balistes equestris Gronow, 1854 | Balistes vetula | 7348 |
| Balistes erythrodon Günther, 1870 | Odonus niger | 33021 |
| Oncobalistes erythropterus Fowler, 1946 | Melichthys vidua | 33021 |
| Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004 | Abalistes filamentosus | 54835 |
| Balistes flavimarginatus Rüppell, 1829 | Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus | 4420 |
| Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Balistes forcipatus (non Gmelin, 1789) | Balistes punctatus | 7348 |
| Balistes fraenatus Latreille, 1804 | Sufflamen fraenatum | 4420 |
| Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Balistes fuscolineatus Seale, 1901 | Melichthys niger | 7348 |
| Balistes fuscus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Pseudobalistes fuscus | 4420 |
| Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918 | Xanthichthys mento | 33021 |
| Xanthichthys greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013 | Xanthichthys greenei | 94129 |
| Balistes guttatus Walbaum, 1792 | Balistes punctatus | 7348 |
| Balistes heckelii Müller, 1865 | Xanthichthys ringens | 33021 |
| Balistes heteracanthus Bleeker, 1859 | Rhinecanthus aculeatus | 7348 |
| Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973 | Melichthys indicus | 4420 |
| Balistes kib Montrouzier, 1857 | Melichthys niger | 33021 |
| Balistes kibitar Montrouzier, 1857 | Melichthys niger | 7348 |
| Balistes liberiensis Steindachner, 1867 | Balistes punctatus | 7348 |
| Balistes lima Bennett, 1832 | Xanthichthys lima | 50838 |
| Balistes lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Balistapus undulatus | 123477 |
| Balistes lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854 | Xanthichthys lineopunctatus | 4420 |
| Canthidermis longirostris Tortonese, 1956 | Canthidermis macrolepis | 11441 |
| Canthidermis longirostris Tortonese, 1956 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes longissimus Hollard, 1854 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes longus Gronow, 1854 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Rhinecanthus lunula Randall & Steene, 1983 | Rhinecanthus lunula | 2334 |
| Balistes macrolepis Boulenger, 1888 | Canthidermis macrolepis | 12965 |
| Balistes macrops Poey, 1860 | Canthidermis sufflamen | 33021 |
| Balistes macropterus Walbaum, 1792 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes maculatus Bloch, 1786 | Canthidermis maculata | 4420 |
| Balistes melanopterus Cope, 1871 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Xanthichthys mento | 33021 |
| Balistes minimum Thiollière, 1857 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Balistes munumum Montrouzier, 1857 | Canthidermis maculata | 33021 |
| Balistes naufragium Jordan & Starks, 1895 | Pseudobalistes naufragium | 5995 |
| Balistes niger Bonaterre, 1788 | Balistoides conspicillum | 123477 |
| Balistes niger Bloch, 1786 | Melichthys niger | 4420 |
| Xenodon niger Rüppell, 1836 | Odonus niger | 4420 |
| Pachynathus nigromarginatus Tanaka, 1908 | Balistoides viridescens | 33021 |
| Balistes nitidus Gronow, 1854 | Xanthichthys ringens | 33021 |
| Balistes notatus Gronow, 1854 | Xanthichthys ringens | 33021 |
| Pachynathus nycteris Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | Melichthys vidua | 33021 |
| Balistes oculatus Gray, 1831 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes ornatissimus Lesson, 1831 | Rhinecanthus aculeatus | 7348 |
| Balistes pellucidus Hermann, 1804 | Balistes vetula | 98447 |
| Balistes phaleratus Richardson, 1846 | Abalistes stellatus | 7348 |
| Balistes piceus Poey, 1863 | Melichthys niger | 7348 |
| Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876 | Balistes polylepis | 2850 |
| Balistes polylepis rubicundus de Buen, 1959 | Balistes polylepis | 33021 |
| Balistes porcatus Gronow, 1854 | Balistapus undulatus | 123477 |
| Balistes powellii Cope, 1870 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Balistes punctatus Gmelin, 1789 | Balistes punctatus | 7348 |
| Xenobalistes punctatus Heemstra & Smith, 1983 | Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus | |
| Xanthichthys purus Tanaka, 1918 | Xanthichthys mento | 33021 |
| Balistes radiata Bowdich, 1825 | Balistes punctatus | 7348 |
| Balistes radula Solander, 1848 | Melichthys niger | 7348 |
| Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Rhinecanthus rectangulus | 4420 |
| Balistes reticulatus Holland, 1854 | Pseudobalistes fuscus | 123477 |
| Balistes ringens Osbeck, 1765 | Melichthys niger | 81932 |
| Balistes ringens Linnaeus, 1758 | Xanthichthys ringens | 33021 |
| Balistes rivulatus Rüppell, 1837 | Pseudobalistes fuscus | 33021 |
| Balistes rotundatus Marion de Procé, 1822 | Canthidermis rotundatus | 40966 |
| Balistes rufus Gronow, 1854 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes senticosus Richardson, 1848 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes sesquilineatus Lay & Bennett, 1939 | Balistapus undulatus | 123477 |
| Balistes sillone Le Danois, 1961 | Melichthys niger | 33021 |
| Balistes sobaco Poey, 1860 | Canthidermis sufflamen | 33021 |
| Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Balistes stellaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Abalistes stellatus | 7348 |
| Balistes stellatus Anonymous, 1798 | Abalistes stellatus | 54835 |
| Balistes sufflamen Mitchill, 1815 | Canthidermis sufflamen | 12965 |
| Xanthichthys surcatus de Buen, 1963 | Xanthichthys mento | 33021 |
| Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860 | Balistes capriscus | 7348 |
| Xenobalistes tumidipectoris Matsuura, 1981 | Xenobalistes tumidipectoris | 9770 |
| Balistes um Montrouzier, 1857 | Canthidermis maculata | 7348 |
| Balistes undulatus Park, 1797 | Balistapus undulatus | 4420 |
| Balistes vachellii Richardson, 1845 | Abalistes stellatus | 7348 |
| Balistes verres Gilbert & Starks, 1904 | Sufflamen verres | 26282 |
| Balistes verrucosus Gronow, 1854 | Melichthys niger | 56787 |
| Balistes verrucosus Linnaeus, 1758 | Rhinecanthus verrucosus | 7442 |
| Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758 | Balistes vetula | 13608 |
| Balistes vetula trinitatis Nichols & Murphy, 1914 | Balistes vetula | 7348 |
| Balistes vidua Richardson, 1845 | Melichthys vidua | 4420 |
| Balistes vidua kamoharai Abe, 1958 | Melichthys vidua | 637 |
| Canthidermis villosus Fedoryako, 1979 | Canthidermis macrolepis | 11441 |
| Canthidermis viola Herre, 1926 | Canthidermis maculata | 1602 |
| Balistes viridescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Balistoides viridescens | 4420 |
| Balistes willughbeii Lay & Bennett, 1839 | Canthidermis willughbeii | 31517 |