FAMILY Scatophagidae Gill 1883 [=Scatophagiformes, Scatophagidae, Prenidae] Notes: Scatophagiformes Bleeker 1876b:302 [ref. 448] (subfamily) Scatophagus [also Bleeker 1876–78:10, 20 [ref. 6835]; no valid type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1] Scatophagidae Gill 1883c:560 [ref. 33084] (family) Scatophagus [senior objective synonym of Prenidae Whitley 1956] Prenidae Whitley 1956:252 [ref. 4725] (family) Prenes [junior objective synonym of Scatophagidae Gill 1883, invalid, Article 61.3.2]

GENUS Scatophagus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 [=Scatophagus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:136, Cacodoxus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1145 [163], Desmoprenes (subgenus of Scatophagus) Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1929:35, 40, Prenes Gistel [J.] 1848:X] Notes: [ref. 4881]. Masc. Chaetodon argus Linnaeus 1766. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1917:136 [ref. 2407]. Prenes Gistel 1848 and Cacodoxus Cantor 1849 are unneeded replacements, Scatophagus not preoccupied. See also Kottelat 2010:303 [ref. 31206], ICZN Case 3528. •Valid as Scatophagus Cuvier 1831 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:182 [ref. 6441], Gosline 1985:355 [ref. 5283], Arnoult 1986:341 [ref. 6213], Heemstra 1986:604 [ref. 5660], Ataur Rahman 1989:322 [ref. 24860], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:412 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:142 [ref. 21090], Tyler & Sorbini 1999:370 [ref. 25312], Kottelat 2001:3624 [ref. 26299], Parin 2003:S25 [ref. 28536], Ataur Rahman 2003:348 [ref. 31338], Parenti 2004:2 [ref. 27605], Allen et al. 2006:1721 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2010:303 [ref. 31206], Kottelat 2013:438 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:506 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Scatophagus Cuvier 1831. Scatophagidae. (Cacodoxus) [ref. 715]. Masc. Chaetodon argus Linnaeus 1766. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Scatophagus Cuvier 1831, not preoccupied by Scatophaga Meigen 1802 in Diptera; Prenes Gistel 1848 is an earlier replacement. On page 163 of separate. •Objective synonym of Scatophagus Cuvier 1831 -- (Tyler & Sorbini 1999:371 [ref. 25312], Parenti 2004:2 [ref. 27605], Kottelat 2013:438 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus Cuvier 1831. Scatophagidae. (Desmoprenes) [ref. 1476]. Masc. Chaetodon tetracanthus Lacepède 1802. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. See Kottelat (2013) for a misidentified type species, •Synonym of Scatophagus Cuvier 1831 -- (Tyler & Sorbini 1999:371 [ref. 25312], Parenti 2004:2 [ref. 27605], Kottelat 2013:438 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus Cuvier 1831. Scatophagidae. (Prenes) [ref. 1822]. Masc. Chaetodon argus Linnaeus 1766. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Scatophagus Cuvier 1831, not preoccupied by Scatophaga. Treated as masculine (Art. 30.2.4). •Objective synonym of Scatophagus Cuvier 1831 -- (Tyler & Sorbini 1999:371 [ref. 25312], Parenti 2004:2 [ref. 27605], Kottelat 2013:438 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus Cuvier 1831. Scatophagidae. Species Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) [=Chaetodon argus Linnaeus [C.] (ex Brünnich) 1766:464, Scatophagus alternans Castelnau [F. L.] 1879:376, Chaetodon atromaculatus Bennett [J. W.] 1830:unnum. p., Pl. 18, Scatophagus bougainvillii Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:141, Sargus maculatus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:65, Scatophagus argus var. ocellata Klunzinger [C. B.] 1880:363 [39], Scatophagus ornatus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:143, Pl. 180, Chaetodon pairatalis Hamilton [F.] 1822:122, 372, Pl. 14 (fig. 41), Scatophagus purpurascens Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:144, Pl. 180, Scatophagus quadratus De Vis [C. W.] 1882:717, Scatophagus rubrifrons Myers [G. S.] 1936:84] Notes: [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] India. Current status: Valid as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and India, east to Sri Lanka, east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (alternans) [Journal de Zoologie v. 5; ref. 760] Norman River, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. (atromaculatus) [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (bougainvillii) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] No locality. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (maculatus) [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (ocellata) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (1. Abth.) (nos 3-4); ref. 2624] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (ornatus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater. (pairatalis) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River, India. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (purpurascens) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] East Indies Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (quadratus) [The Queenslander, Brisbane 10 June 1882; ref. 30696] Cardwell, Queensland coast, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (rubrifrons) [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 49; ref. 3113] Not stated (Aquarium material). Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae.

Species Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepede, 1802) [=Chaetodon tetracanthus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:726, 727, Scatophagus fasciatus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:144] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality. Current status: Valid as Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède 1802). Scatophagidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (fasciatus) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Unknown locality. Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède 1802). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

GENUS Selenotoca Myers, 1936 [=Selenotoca Myers [G. S.] 1936:84] Notes: [ref. 3113]. Fem. Scatophagus multifasciatus Richardson 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Scatophagus Cuvier 1831 -- (Arnoult 1986:341 [ref. 6213]). •Valid as Selenotoca Myers 1936 -- (Tyler & Sorbini 1999:370 [ref. 25312], Kottelat 2001:3624 [ref. 26299], Parenti 2004:2 [ref. 27605], Allen et al. 2006:1722 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2013:439 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Selenotoca Myers 1936. Scatophagidae. Species Selenotoca multifasciata (Richarson, 1846) [=Scatophagus multifasciatus Richardson [J.] 1846:57, Pl. 35 (figs. 4-6), Scatophagus aetatevarians De Vis [C. W.] 1884:456, Scatophagus alternams Castelnau [F. L.] 1878:47, Selenotoca papuensis Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1938:75, Fig. 2 (upper), Scatophagus semistrigatus De Vis [C. W.] 1882:717] Notes: [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] King George Sound, Western Australia. Current status: Valid as Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846). Scatophagidae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. (aetatevarians) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4898] Queensland coast, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (alternams) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 762] Current status: Synonym of Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846). Scatophagidae. (papuensis) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 2 (no. 7) (art. 9); ref. 17192] New Guinea. Current status: Synonym of Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846). Scatophagidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sulawesi and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: brackish, marine. (semistrigatus) [The Queenslander, Brisbane 10 June 1882; ref. 30696] Brisbane, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846). Scatophagidae. Habitat: marine.

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Unavailable names, uncertain taxa brunneus, Scatophagus Saville-Kent [W.] 1893:369 [The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialites; ref. 13269] Not available, name only; from Queensland, Australia. •Nomen nudum in Scatophagidae -- (Parenti 2004:4 [ref. 27605]). Scatophagidae. chameleon, Scatophagus Saville-Kent [W.] 1893:369 [The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialites; ref. 13269] Not available, name only; from Queensland, Australia. •Nomen nudum in Scatophagidae -- (Parenti 2004:4 [ref. 27605]). Scatophagidae. macronotus, Scatophagus Bleeker [P.] 1845:520 [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 2 (3); ref. 312] Not available, no distinguishing features; from Batavia, Java. •Nomen nudum in Scatophagidae -- (Parenti 2004:4 [ref. 27605]). Scatophagidae.