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FAMILY Bonaparte, 1831 - razorfishes,

SUBFAMILY Macroramphosinae Bleeker, 1879 - razorfishes, snipefishes [=Siluridi, Orthichthyinae, Macrorhamphoidei] Notes: Name in prevailing recent practice Siluridi Rafinesque, 1810b:35 [ref. 3595] (ordine) [no stem of the type , no available, Article 11.7.1.1] Orthichthyinae Gill, 1862j:234 (footnote) [ref. 1663] (subfamily) Orthichthys [family-group name never used as valid after 1899] Macrorhamphoidei Bleeker, 1879a:14 [ref. 460] (family) Macroramphosus [Macrorhamphus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; stem corrected to Macroramphos- by Gill 1884c:156, 162 [ref. 17660]; family-group name used as valid by: Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Kamohara 1967, McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Whitehead et al. (1986a) [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Quéro et al. 1990 [ref. 15946], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486]; family name sometimes seen as †Rhamphosidae]

GENUS Centriscops Gill, 1862 - bellowsfishes [=Centriscops Gill [T. N.], 1862:234, Limiculina (subgenus of Macrorhamphosus) Fowler [H. W.], 1907:425] Notes: [ref. 1663]. Masc. humerosus Richardson, 1846. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Centriscops Gill, 1862 -- (Mohr 1937:53 [ref. 15290], Heemstra 1986:459 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:407 [ref. 12442], Duhamel 1995:264 [ref. 21927], Gomon et al. 1994:436 [ref. 22532], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:853 [ref. 28994], Gomon 2008:481 [ref. 30616], Kuiter 2009:310 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Valid as Centriscops Gill, 1862. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. (Limiculina) [ref. 1377]. Fem. Centriscus humerosus Richardson, 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Objective synonym of Centriscops Gill, 1862 -- (Mohr 1937:53 [ref. 15290]). Current status: Synonym of Centriscops Gill, 1862. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae.

Species Centriscops humerosus (Richardson, 1846) - [=Centriscus humerosus Richardson [J.], 1846:56, Pl. 34 (figs. 5-6), Centriscops obliquus var. maculatus Pozzi [A. J.] & Bordalé [L. F.], 1936:410, Figs. 2-3, Centriscops obliquus Waite [E. R.], 1911:170, Pl. 26, Centriscops sinuosus Regan [C. T.], 1914:21] Notes: [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] South Australia. Current status: Valid as Centriscops humerosus (Richardson, 1846). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. : marine. (maculatus) [Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia" v. 38; ref. 23680] Off Argentina, 36°47'S, 54°55'[or 54°06']W, depth 182-219 meters. Current status: Synonym of Centriscops humerosus (Richardson, 1846). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (obliquus) [Records of the Canterbury Museum v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14826] New Zealand. Current status: Synonym of Centriscops humerosus (Richardson, 1846). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (sinuosus) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 13 (no. 73); ref. 3662] New Zealand. Current status: Synonym of Centriscops humerosus (Richardson, 1846). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Macroramphosus Lacepede, 1803 - snipefishes [=Macroramphosus Lacepède [B. G. E.], 1803:136, Centriscus Cuvier [G.], 1816:350, Macrognathus Gronow [L. T.], in Gray, 1854:147, Orthichthys Gill [T. N.], 1862:234] Notes: [ref. 4930]. Masc. Silurus cornutus Forsskål, 1775. Type by monotypy. Also spelled Macrorhamphosus, Macramphosus and Macrorhamphus by authors. See Paxton et al. 2006:851-852 [ref. 28994] for discussion of nomenclatural problems. •Valid as Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803 -- (Mohr 1937:30 [ref. 15290], Wheeler 1973:273 [ref. 7190], Ehrich 1976 [ref. 13863], Brethes 1979 [ref. 13850], Fritzsche 1984 [ref. 13658], Clarke 1984 [ref. 6811], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:84 [ref. 6441], Ehrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:627 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:460 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:408 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:437 [ref. 22532], Fritzche & Thiesfeld 1999:2280 [ref. 24793], Fritsche 2003:1229 [ref. 27045], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:851-853 [ref. 28994], Paxton et al. 2006:853 [ref. 28994], Bilecenoglu 2006:57 [ref. 28825], Gomon 2008:482 [ref. 30616], Kuiter 2009:308 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Valid as Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. (Centriscus) [ref. 993]. Masc. Balistes scolopax Linnaeus, 1758. Type by monotypy (with synonyms mentioned in footnote). Not Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Cuvier did not propose this as new (citing "L." after the genus), and it could be regarded merely as a subsequent use of the name. •Synonym of Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803 -- (Wheeler 1973:273 [ref. 7190]). Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. (Macrognathus) [ref. 1911]. Masc. Balistes scolopax Linnaeus, 1758. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Macrognathus Lacepède 1800 in and by Macrognathus Burmeister, in Hope, 1845 in Coleoptera. •Synonym of Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. (Orthichthys) [ref. 1663]. Masc. Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803 -- (Mohr 1937:30 [ref. 15290], Wheeler 1973:273 [ref. 7190]). Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae.

Species Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839) - [=Centriscus gracilis Lowe [R. T.], 1839:86, Centriscus brevispinis Kner [R.] & Steindachner [F.], 1867:374 [19], Pl. 3 (fig. 9), Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert [C. H.], 1905:613, Fig. 237, Centriscus japonicus Günther [A.], 1861:522, Macrorhamphosus molleri Whitley [G. P.], 1930:117, Centriscus valitaris Gmelin [J. F.], 1789:1461, Centriscus velitaris Pallas [P. S.], 1770:36, Pl. 4 (fig. 8), Centriscus velitaris Cabrera, Pérez [A.] & Haenseler [F.], in Machado, 1857:24] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839 (pt 7); ref. 2829] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Current status: Valid as Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Circumglobal (including Mediterranean Sea, Hawaiian Islands). Habitat: marine. (brevispinis) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 54 (pt 3); ref. 2640] Samoa. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (hawaiiensis) [Bulletin of the U. S. Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Near Laysan Island, Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3940, depth 59-70 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (japonicus) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Japan; China. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (molleri) [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 4669] Maroubra Beach near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (valitaris) [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. (velitaris) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (velitaris) [Catálogo de los peces que habitán ó frecuentan las costas de Cadiz y Huelva con inclusion de los del Rio Guadalquivir.; ref. 17320] Western Andalusia, near Cádiz, Spain, eastern Atlantic. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae.

Species Macroramphosus sagifue Jordan & Starks, 1902 - sagifue snipefish [=Macrorhamphosus sagifue Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1902:69, Fig. 2] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 26 (no. 1308); ref. 2525] Enoura, Suruga, Japan. Current status: Valid as Macroramphosus sagifue Jordan & Starks, 1902. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758) - [=Balistes scolopax Linnaeus [C.], 1758:329, Silurus cornutus Forsskål [P. S.], 1775:66, xiii, Macrorhamphosus scolopax var. elevatus Waite [E. R.], 1899:59, Pl. 7 (fig. 1), Macrorhamphosus gallinago Ogilby [J. D.], 1908:92, Macrorhamphosus lancifer Ogilby [J. D.], 1910:90, Macrorhamphosus otteri Fowler [H. W.], 1934:353, Fig. 1, Macrorhamphosus robustus Ogilby [J. D.], 1910:91, Amphisilia velitaris Cuvier [G.], in Guérin-Méneville, 1828:no page number, Livraison 13] Notes: [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Circumglobal (especially in temperate latitudes), including Mediterranean Sea and Hawaiian Ridge. Habitat: marine. (cornutus) [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Massiliae] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (elevatus) [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 4557] Newcastle Bight, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (gallinago) [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 21; ref. 3287] Tweed Heads, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (lancifer) [On some new fishes from the Queensland coast; ref. 3289] Off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia, depth 73 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (otteri) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 16421] About 50 miles southeast of Five-fathom Bank Light Ship, off New Jersey, U.S.A., depth 70 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (robustus) [On some new fishes from the Queensland coast; ref. 3289] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine. (velitaris) [Planches de Seba v. 3; ref. 29508] Current status: Synonym of Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Regan, 1914 - bellowsfishes [=Notopogon Regan [C. T.], 1914:14, Scolopacichthys Regan [C. T.], 1914:21] Notes: [ref. 3661]. Masc. Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914. Type by subsequent designation. Type not N. schotei Weber as designated by Jordan 1920:555 [ref. 4905]; schotei not an originally included species; schotei appears in this genus in article immediately following one containing the genus description. First subsequent type designation apparently Norman 1966 [ref. 13535], but that reference is apparently not available for nomenclatural purposes. •Valid as Notopogon Regan, 1914 -- (Mohr 1937:46 [ref. 15290], Nakamura et al. 1986:174 [ref. 14235], Heemstra 1986:460 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:409 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:439 [ref. 22532], Duhamel 1995:271 [ref. 21927], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:854 [ref. 28994], Gomon 2008:483 [ref. 30616], Kuiter 2009:311 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Valid as Notopogon Regan, 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. (Scolopacichthys) [ref. 3662]. Masc. Centriscus armatus Sauvage, 1879. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Centriscops Gill, 1863 – (Mohr 1937:53 [ref. 15290]). •Synonym of Notopogon Regan, 1914 -- (authors). Current status: Synonym of Notopogon Regan, 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae.

Species Notopogon armatus (Sauvage, 1879) - Sauvage's bellowsfish [=Centriscus armatus Sauvage [H.-E.], 1879:36] Notes: [Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale (Paris) v. 8; ref. 14281] St. Paul Island, southern Indian . Current status: Valid as Notopogon armatus (Sauvage, 1879). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Southern : St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Notopogon fernandezianus (Delfin, 1899) - orange bellowsfish [=Centriscus fernandezianus Delfin [F. T.], 1899:75, Pl. 1, Macrorhamphosus schoteli Weber [M.], 1909:76, 77, Pl. 4] Notes: [Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (Santiago) v. 3; ref. 17396] Juan Fernández Islands. Current status: Valid as Notopogon fernandezianus (Delfin, 1899). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific and southwestern Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (schoteli) [Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, Ser. 2 v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 14425] Western Atlantic between Bahia and Montevideo, Uruguay. Current status: Synonym of Notopogon fernandezianus (Delfin, 1899). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914 - crested bellowsfish [=Notopogon lilliei Regan [C. T.], 1914:14, Centriscops cristatus McCulloch [A. R.], 1914:93, Notopogon endeavouri Mohr [E.] 1937:49, Fig. 23] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 13 (no. 73); ref. 3661] New Zealand. Current status: Valid as Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan in . Habitat: marine. (cristatus) [Biological Results Endeavour v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2940] Current status: Synonym of Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. (endeavouri) [Dana Report No. 13; ref. 15290] East coast of Australia. Current status: Synonym of Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Notopogon macrosolen Barnard, 1925 - longsnout bellowsfish [=Notopogon macrosolen Barnard [K. H.], 1925:498] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 56); ref. 12730] Off Table Bay, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, depth 200 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Notopogon macrosolen Barnard, 1925. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: South Africa. Habitat: marine.

Species Notopogon xenosoma Regan, 1914 - longspine bellowsfish [=Notopogon xenosoma Regan [C. T.], 1914:14, Macrorhamphosus natalensis Gilchrist [J. D. F.], 1922:57, Pl. 12 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 13 (no. 73); ref. 3661] Cape North, New Zealand, depth 70 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Notopogon xenosoma Regan, 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Sub-temperate southern Indo-Pacific: South Africa, southern Madagascar, New Caledonia, southern Australia, New Zealand. Habitat: marine. (natalensis) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 3); ref. 1648] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 29°49'16"S, 31°19'10"E, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 113, depth 150-180 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Notopogon xenosoma Regan, 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine

****************************************************************************************************************************** SUBFAMILY Centriscinae Bonaparte, 1831 - razorfishes, shrimpfishes [=Centrischini, Rhynchocephala, Les Centriscides, Centriscini, ?Aulostomata, Amphisileoidei] Notes: Centrischini Rafinesque, 1810b:34 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Centriscus [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2] Rhynchocephala Goldfuss, 1820:VI, 29 [ref. 1829] (family) ? Centriscus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1] Les Centriscides Risso, 1827:112 [ref. 3757] (family) Centriscus [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2] Centriscini Bonaparte, 1831:178 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Centriscus [senior objective synonym of Amphisileoidei Bleeker, 1859] ?Aulostomata Minding, 1832:V, 74 [ref. 3022] (family) ? Centriscus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1] Amphisileoidei Bleeker, 1859b:373 [ref. 16984] (family) Amphisile [also Bleeker 1859d:XV [ref. 371]; stem sometimes seen as Amphisil-; junior objective synonym of Centriscini Bonaparte, 1831, invalid, Article 61.3.2]

GENUS Jordan & Starks, 1902 - shrimpfishes [=Aeoliscus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], 1902:71] Notes: [ref. 2525]. Masc. Amphisile strigata Günther, 1861. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758 – (Mohr 1937:19 [ref. 15290]). •Valid as Aeoliscus Jordan & Starks, 1902 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:85 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:461 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:410 [ref. 12442], Fritzche & Thiesfeld 1999:2281 [ref. 24793], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:856 [ref. 28994], Kuiter 2009:303 [ref. 30404], Satapoomin 2009:62 [ref. 30463]). Current status: Valid as Aeoliscus Jordan & Starks, 1902. Centriscidae: Centriscinae.

Species (Bianconi, 1854) - speckled [=Amphisile punctulata Bianconi [G. G.], 1854:221, Pl. 1 (fig. 2), Amphisyle brevispina Peters [W. (C. H.)], 1855:450, Amphisile punctata Kner [R.], 1860:534 [6], Pl. (fig. 2)] Notes: [Specimina zoologica mosambicana; ref. 295] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Aeoliscus punctulatus (Bianconi, 1854). Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. (brevispina) [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Inhambane and Mozambique Island, Mozambique, from 15°S to 24°S. Current status: Synonym of Aeoliscus punctulatus (Bianconi, 1854). Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine. (punctata) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 39 (no. 4); ref. 2633] Coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Aeoliscus punctulatus (Bianconi, 1854). Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine.

Species (Gunther, 1861) - razorfish [=Amphisile strigata Günther [A.], 1861:528, 566, Amphisile komis Macleay [W.], 1879:166, Pl. 19B] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Java, Indonesia [Banda questionably included]. Current status: Valid as Aeoliscus strigatus (Günther, 1861). Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands to Micronesia, New Caledonia and Australia [Western Indian Ocan specimens are A. punctatus]. Habitat: marine. (komis) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 17575] Komis, near village of Maleggiok on Babelstaub Island, Palau Islands. Current status: Synonym of Aeoliscus strigatus (Günther, 1861). Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758 - razorfishes [=Centriscus Linnaeus [C.], 1758:336, Acentrachme Gill [T. N.], 1862:234, Amphisile Cuvier [G.], 1816:350, Amphisilen Klein [J. T.], 1775:280, Amphisilen Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein), 1792:582] Notes: [ref. 2787]. Masc. Linnaeus, 1758. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758 -- (Mohr 1937:19 [ref. 15290], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:84 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:410 [ref. 12442], Fritzche & Thiesfeld 1999:2281 [ref. 24793], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Paxton et al. 2006:857 [ref. 28994], Kuiter 2009:306 [ref. 30404]). Current status: Valid as Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. (Acentrachme) [ref. 1663]. Fem. Amphisile scutata of Cuvier (= Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758). Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758 -- (Mohr 1937:19 [ref. 15290]). Current status: Synonym of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. (Amphisile) [ref. 993]. Fem. Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched. Spelled Amphistyle, Amphisilis, Amphycile and Amphisyle in early literature; also Amphisilen Klein, 1775. Treated by authors as feminine. •Objective synonym of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758 -- (Mohr 1937:19 [ref. 15290]). Current status: Synonym of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. (Amphisilen) [ref. 2618]. Not available, published in a work that does not conform to the principle of binominal nomenclature. •In the synonymy of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Current status: Synonym of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. (Amphisilen) [ref. 4572]. Not available, published in a part of work rejected for nomenclatural purposes in Opinion 21 (1938). Based on Klein 1744:28 [ref. 30141]. •In the synonymy of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Current status: Synonym of Centriscus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae.

Species Centriscus cristatus (De Vis, 1885) - smooth razorfish [=Amphisile cristata De Vis [C. W.], 1885:872] Notes: [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 1091] Noosa Beach, Queensland, Australia (dry when collected). Current status: Valid as Centriscus cristatus (De Vis, 1885). Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: East Indian Region to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

Species Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758 - grooved razorfish [=Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus [C.], 1758:336, Centriscus capito Oshima [M.], 1922:263, Pl. 13 (fig. 3), Amphisile finschii Hilgendorf [F. M.], 1884:52, Amphisile scutata var. latilimbata Hilgendorf [F. M.], 1884:52, Amphisile macrophthalma Steindachner [F.], 1860:766] Notes: [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] East India. Current status: Valid as Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine. (capito) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 13 (nos 3-4); ref. 15323] Toko, estuary of the Shimo-Tamusui River, Taiwan. Current status: Synonym of Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine. (finschii) [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1884; ref. 14390] New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Current status: Synonym of Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine. (latilimbata) [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1884; ref. 14390] Red Sea. Current status: Synonym of Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine. (macrophthalma) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 10; ref. 18786] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine

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Centriscus Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein) 1792:583 [ref. 4572]. Masc. Not available, published in a part of work rejected for nomenclatural purposes in Opinion 21 (1938). Based on Klein 1744:48 [ref. 30141]. •In Centriscinae or Macroramphosinae. Current status: Unknown. Centriscidae.

(species) squamosus, Centriscus Bloch [M. E.] 1785:55 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 1; ref. 4866] Not available. This is the diagnosis for Bloch's account of Centriscus scolopax Linnaeus and not intended as a new name proposal. However, it has been treated as a name by various authors, e. g. Mohr 1937:37 [ref. 15290], Wheeler 1973:273 [ref. 7190], Fritzsche 1990:656 [ref. 17532]. On p. 64 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 4 [ref. 21381]. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. novaehebudorum, Aeoliscus Fowler [H. W.] 1944:164, Fig. 15 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 96; ref. 1451] Vanuatu. Holotype (unique): ANSP 71353. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:39 [ref. 13621]. Originally as novae-hebudorum. Centriscidae: Centriscinae. Habitat: marine. sumpit, Centriscus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:87, 93 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 2; ref. 2709] No locality. •Status uncertain -- (Mohr 1937:58 [ref. 15290]). Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Habitat: marine.