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FAMILY Bleeker, 1859 – spadefishes

GENUS Lacepede, 1802 [=Chaetodipterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:503, Parephippus Gill [T. N.] 1861:165] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 4; ref. 4929] Masc. plumieri Bloch 1787. Type by monotypy. Chetodipterus Rafinesque 1815:83 [ref. 3584] an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Valid as Chaetodipterus Lacepède 1802 -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:385 [ref. 14275], Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681], Desoutter 1986:340 [ref. 6212], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:455 [ref. 24550], Burgess 2003:1799 [ref. 27101]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodipterus Lacepède 1802. Ephippidae. (Parephippus) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13; ref. 1775] Masc. Ephippus gigas Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation. • of Chaetodipterus Lacepède 1802 -- (Desoutter 1986:340 [ref. 6212] but with wrong type). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodipterus Lacepède 1802. Ephippidae.

Species Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) [=Chaetodon faber Broussonet [P. M. A.] 1782:[27], Pl. [6], Ephippus gigas Cuvier [G.] 1829:191, Chaetodon oviformis Mitchill [S. L.] 1818:247, Chaetodon plumieri Bloch [M. E.] 1787:104, Pl. 211 (fig. 1), Selene quadrangularis Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:561, 564, Zeus quadratus Bonnaterre [J. P.] 1788:72, Zeus quadratus Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1225] Notes: [Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. Decas I.; ref. 17287] Jamaica. Mus. Banks (apparently lost). Current status: Valid as Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet 1782). Ephippidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (gigas) [Le Règne (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] America. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet 1782). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (oviformis) [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 4) (art. 1); ref. 17774] Long Island, New York, U.S.A., Atlantic. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet 1782). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (plumieri) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] West Indies. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet 1782). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (quadrangularis) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 4; ref. 4929] Jamaica. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet 1782). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (quadratus B) [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Jamaica. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet 1782). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (quadratus G) [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Jamaica. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet 1782). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner, 1895 [=Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner [F.] 1895:180] Notes: [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 32 (no. 18) (for 11 July 1895); ref. 14587] Freetown, Liberia. Current status: Valid as Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner 1895. Ephippidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species (Girard, 1858) [=Ephippus zonatus Girard [C. F.] 1858:110] Notes: [General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857; ref. 4911] Off San Diego, California, U.S.A. Current status: Valid as Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard 1858). Ephippidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Ephippus Cuvier, 1816 [=Ephippus Cuvier [G.] 1816:335, Ilarches Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1142 [160]] Notes: [Le Règne Animal v. 2; ref. 993] Masc. Chaetodon orbis Bloch 1787. Type by subsequent designation. Type as given by Jordan 1917:105 [ref. 2407]. Type possibly E. argus of Bloch as designated by Bleeker 1876:302 [ref. 448] for Cuvier 1817 [=1816] but not Cuvier 1829 which would upset current usage of Scatophagus. Jordan indicated that type was restricted by Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 [ref. 4881], but they apparently did not fix the type. ICZN Case 3528 (Kottelat 2010:303 [ref. 31206]) fixes the type (ICZN 2012) as orbis. •Synonym of Chaetodipterus Lacepède 1801 -- (Smith 1986:605 [ref. 5712]). •Valid as Ephippus Cuvier 1816 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:181 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 2001:3612 [ref. 26298], Kottelat 2010:303 [ref. 31206], Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Ephippus Cuvier 1816. Ephippidae. (Ilarches) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Masc. Chaetodon orbis Bloch 1787. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Ephippus Cuvier 1816, not preoccupied by Ephippium Latreille 1802 in Diptera. On page 160 of separate. •Objective synonym of Ephippus Cuvier 1816. Current status: Synonym of Ephippus Cuvier 1816. Ephippidae.

Species Ephippus goreensis Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 [=Ephippus goreensis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:125, Pl. 178] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Gorée, Senegal. Current status: Valid as Ephippus goreensis Cuvier 1831. Ephippidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787) [=Chaetodon orbis Bloch [M. E.] 1787:81, Pl. 202 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], . Current status: Valid as Ephippus orbis (Bloch 1787). Ephippidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to , north to southern China. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Parapsettus Steindachner, 1876 [=Parapsettus (subgenus of Psettus) Steindachner [F.] 1876:78] Notes: [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.); ref. 4223] Masc. Psettus (Parapsettus) panamensis Steindachner 1876. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Parapsettus Steindachner 1876 -- (Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681], Smith 1986:605 [ref. 5712], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:457 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Valid as Parapsettus Steindachner 1876. Ephippidae.

Species (Steindachner, 1876) [=Psettus (Parapsettus) panamensis Steindachner [F.] 1876:79 [51], Pl. 7] Notes: [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.); ref. 4223] (Pacific) Panama. Current status: Valid as Parapsettus panamensis (Steindachner 1876). Ephippidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Cuvier, 1816 [=Platax Cuvier [G.] 1816:334] Notes: [Le Règne Animal v. 2; ref. 993] Masc. Chaetodon teira of Bloch & Schneider 1801 (= Chaetodon teira Forsskål 1775). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:309 [ref. 448]. •Valid as Platax Cuvier 1816 -- (Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:181 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:605 [ref. 5712], Kishimoto et al. 1988 [ref. 13446], Heemstra 2001:3612 [ref. 26298], Allen et al. 2006:1719 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989], Trnski 2015:1586 [ref. 34198], Motomura et al. 2017:201 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Platax Cuvier 1816. Ephippidae.

Species Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 [=Platax batavianus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:225] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Jakarta, Java, . Current status: Valid as Platax batavianus Cuvier 1831. Ephippidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and . Habitat: marine.

Species Platax boersii Bleeker, 1853 [=Platax boersii Bleeker [P.] 1853:758] Notes: [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 335] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Platax boersii Bleeker 1853. Ephippidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East and east to Palau, north to southern , south to New Guinea; waifs reaching Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Platax orbicularis (Forsskal, 1775) [=Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:59, xii, Chaetodon albicauda Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:73, Platax albipunctatus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:69, Pl. 18 (fig. 4), Platax blochii Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:222, Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:221, Chaetodon guttulatus Cuvier [G.] 1829:193, Platax guttulatus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:226, Pl. 186 (part), Chaetodon pentacanthus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:454, 473, Pl. 11 (fig. 2), Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch [M. E.] 1787:67, Pl. 199 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, , Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga; introduced into Western Atlantic waters off Florida, U.S.A. Habitat: brackish, marine. (albicauda) [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] India/ Ambon. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (albipunctatus) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (blochii) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern ; Puducherry, India; New Guinea. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (ehrenbergii) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea; Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea; Malacca, Malaysia, eastern Indian Ocean; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (guttulatus C) [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (guttulatus CinCV) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (pentacanthus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 4; ref. 4929] Indo-Pacific. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (vespertilio) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] East Indies. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species (Linnaeus, 1758) [=Chaetodon pinnatus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:272, Platax gampret Bleeker [P.] 1850:29, Platax melanosoma Bleeker [P.] 1860:10, Chaetodon setosus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:75] Notes: [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Indies. Probably a syntype: NRM 57 (1) Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South and East Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Solomon Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. [Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean records are doubtful]. Habitat: marine. (gampret) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 9); ref. 16904] Jakarta, Sumanap, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (melanosoma) [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 5); ref. 378] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (setosus) [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] "American Ocean". Current status: Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

Species (Forsskal, 1775) [=Chaetodon teira Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:60, xii, Chaetodon arthriticus Bell [W.] 1793:7, Pls. 5-6, Chetodon daakar Bonnaterre [J. P.] 1788:81, Pl. 95 (fig. 389), Chaetodon ecanbonna Suckow [G. A.] 1799:374, Platax vespertilio japonicus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1844:83, Pl. 43, Platax leschenalti Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:223, Platax punctulatus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:228, Pl. 186 (part), Platax raynaldi Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:219, Platax xanthopus Bleeker [P.] 1850:28] Notes: [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Northern Marianas, Solomon Islands and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Norfolk Island, (vagrant); (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine. (arthriticus) [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 83; ref. 16104] Sumatra, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (daakar) [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (ecanbonna) [Naturgeschichte der Thiere v. 4, pt. 1; ref. 18858] Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (japonicus) [Fauna Japonica Parts 5-6; ref. 4372] Japan. Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (leschenalti) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] New Guinea. Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (punctulatus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (raynaldi) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] West coast of ; Puducherry, India; Malacea. Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. (xanthopus) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 9); ref. 16904] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Proteracanthus Gunther, 1859 [=Proteracanthus Günther [A.] 1859:413, 426] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Masc. Crenidens sarissophorus Cantor 1849. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Proteracanthus Günther 1859 -- (Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681] in Ephippididae, Heemstra 2001:3612 [ref. 26298], Kottelat 2013:438 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Proteracanthus Günther 1859. Ephippidae.

Species Proteracanthus sarissophorus (Cantor, 1849) [=Crenidens sarissophorus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1034 [52], Pl. 1] Notes: [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia; Malay Peninsula. Current status: Valid as Proteracanthus sarissophorus (Cantor 1849). Ephippidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.

GENUS Rhinoprenes Munro, 1964 [=Rhinoprenes Munro [I. S. R.] 1964:179] Notes: [Papua New Guinea Agricultural Journal v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 3058] Masc. Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro 1964. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Rhinoprenes Munro 1964 -- (Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681] in Ephippididae, Heemstra 2001:3612 [ref. 26298], Allen et al. 2006:1719 [ref. 29090]). Current status: Valid as Rhinoprenes Munro 1964. Ephippidae.

Species Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro, 1964 [=Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro [I. S. R.] 1964:179, Fig. 19] Notes: [Papua New Guinea Agricultural Journal v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 3058] Off Port Romilly, Kerema Bay, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea. Current status: Valid as Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro 1964. Ephippidae. Distribution: Australia and southern New Guinea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

GENUS Tripterodon Playfair, in Playfair & Gunther, 1867 [=Tripterodon Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:42] Notes: [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Masc. Playfair 1867. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Tripterodon Playfair 1867 -- (Johnson 1984:464 [ref. 9681], Smith 1986:606 [ref. 5712], Fricke et al. 2018:347 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Tripterodon Playfair 1867. Ephippidae.

Species Tripterodon orbis Playfair, in Playfair & Gunther, 1867 [=Tripterodon orbis Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:42, Pl. 7 (fig. 1)] Notes: [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Tripterodon orbis Playfair 1867. Ephippidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa and Madagascar east to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Zabidius Whitley, 1939 [=Zabidius Whitley [G. P.] 1930:17] Notes: [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 4671] Masc. Platax novemaculeatus McCulloch 1916. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Zabidius Whitley 1930 -- (Smith 1986:605 [ref. 5712], Heemstra 2001:3612 [ref. 26298], Allen et al. 2006:1720 [ref. 29090]). Current status: Valid as Zabidius Whitley 1930. Ephippidae.

Species Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCuloch, 1916) [=Platax novemaculeatus McCulloch [A. R.] 1916:188, Pl. 55 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Biological Results Endeavour v. 4 (pt 4); ref. 4934] 4 to 22 miles northeast of Gloucester Head, Queensland, Australia, depth 19-35 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch 1916). Ephippidae. Distribution: Australia and New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

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Unavailable names, uncertain taxa melanopus, Ephippus Bleeker [P.] 1845:520 [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 2 (3); ref. 312] Not available, no distinguishing features; from Jakarta [Batavia], Java. Ephippidae. spixii, Ephippus Swainson [W.] 1839:213 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] No types known. Based on Spix, Pl. 61 -- which is Spix & Agassiz 1831:Pl. 61 [ref. 13]. Ephippidae. anagon, Platax Montrouzier [X.] 1857:447 [169], 437 [170] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] On p. 169-170 in reprint. Not available, manuscript name mentioned in passing under two species -- one renamed by Thiollière and 1 realocated to an existing species; from Woodlark I., South Pacific. Ephippidae. eapi, Platax Lesson [R. P.] 1831:172 [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Venus Point, Tahiti, Society Islands. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:158 [ref. 20718]. Ephippidae. expansus, Platax Thiollière [V. J. de l'I.] in Montrouzier 1857:447 [169 of reprint] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Woodlark Island, South Pacific. No types known. On p. 169 of reprint. Ephippidae. Habitat: marine. fuscus, Platax Bleeker [P.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) 1877:166 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam) v. 17 (art. 2); ref. 17112] Also in Bleeker 1878:76 [ref. 6835]. Not available, Kulh and van Hasselt name mentioned in passing in the synonymy of Platax batavianus Cuvier 1831. Ephippidae. gaimardi, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:216 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] New Guinea. Syntypes: MNHN A-0177 (1) New Guinea, A-0193 (1) no locality [Bauchot's holotype]. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:159 [ref. 20718] as holotype and paratype. Also appeared in Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 55 (opp. p. 176) [ref. 1908]. Ephippidae. marginatus, Platax Bleeker [P.] (ex van Hasselt) 1877:164 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam) v. 17 (art. 2); ref. 17112] Also in Bleeker 1878:76 [ref. 6835]. Not available, van Hasselt name mentioned in the synonymy of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae.