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Species in the genus Lactoria: [ 13 ] records

brevicornis, Ostracion Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:298, Pl. 130 (fig. 3) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 1471 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1468 (1, stuffed), ?D1469-1470 (2, stuffed), 3980a-e (5), ?3981 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:213 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:111 [ref. 23547]). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

chwakaensis, Ostracion von Bonde [C.] 1934:457, Pl. 23 (fig. 9) [Annals of the Natal Museum v. 7 (pt 3); ref. 16466] Chwaka, Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Heemstra 2022:448 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

cornutus, Ostracion Linnaeus [C.] 1758:331 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. ZMUC Linn. coll. GA-58. Syntypes: NRM 8784 (1), ZMUC GA-58. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:276 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:362 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:294 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:281 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:891 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:467 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:413 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:302 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:398 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:619 [ref. 27969], Cheng & Zhou 1997:475 [ref. 26385], Lindberg et al. 1997:107 [ref. 23547], Larson & Williams 1997:375 [ref. 23967], Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:184 [ref. 26476] as cornutus, Kuiter 1997:406 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:467 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:29 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:596 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1414 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:464 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:280 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:322 [ref. 27511], Shimizu 2001:46 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3950 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1414 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:452, 695 [ref. 26218] as cornutus, Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:225 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:49 [ref. 27712], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:448 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:639 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:131 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1905 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:332 [ref. 31171], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1081 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:230 [ref. 34464], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Tyler et al. 2014:311 [ref. 34069], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:336 [ref. 34104], Behera et al. 2017:[2] 252 [ref. 41540], Motomura et al. 2017:235 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:382 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:180 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:25 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:329 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:201 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:614 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37637], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:299 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:448 [ref. 40260], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1245 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758). Ostraciidae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.

diaphanus, Ostracion Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:501 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality stated [East Indies/Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 6815 (stuffed). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:109 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Bolin 1933:35 [ref. 41469], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:296 [ref. 9277]). •Valid as Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:633, 746 [ref. 8056], Smith 1986:892 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:244 [ref. 24556], Pequeño 1989:77 [ref. 14125] as diaphanus, Randall et al. 1990:468 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:414 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Lindberg et al. 1997:110 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:640 [ref. 24023] [but see McCosker 1998:810 [ref. 24025]], Kuiter 1997:406 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:468 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:597 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1415 [ref. 25182], Thomson et al. 2000:272 [ref. 25640], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3950 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1415 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Parin 2003:S34 [ref. 28536], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:184 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:447 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:180 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:639 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:530 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1906 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:484 [ref. 30952], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1081 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:190 [ref. 32708], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:552 [ref. 33547], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:119 [ref. 36167], Stewart & Roberts 2015:1727 [ref. 34322], Fourriére et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:340 [ref. 35888], Motomura et al. 2017:235 [ref. 35490], Kim et al. 2020:201 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:614 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37637], Love et al. 2021:224 [ref. 39279], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:299 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:448 [ref. 40260], Page et al. 2023:169 [ref. 40505], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1246 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:687 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:82 [ref. 42021]). Current status: Valid as Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Ostraciidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa); Indo-Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Cook Islands, north to Korea, Russia and central Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia) and Kermadec Islands (New Zealand), northern New Zealand and Tonga; Easter Island; eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2024): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

fornasini, Ostracion Bianconi [G. G.] 1846:115, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2) [Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali Bologna (Ser. 2) v. 5; ref. 16815] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MZUB 131. Also appeared as new in Bianconi 1850:175, 177 [ref. 26451], Bianconi 1850:7 [ref. 295] as fornasinii and Bianconi 1855:151 [ref. 26452] with figure, and in Bianconi 1869:215 [ref. 26457] (in addenda et corrigenda). Sometimes spelled fornasinii by Bianconi but original spelling was fornasini. •Valid as Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi 1846) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:633, 746 [ref. 8056], Smith 1986:892 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:468 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:414 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Lindberg et al. 1997:107 [ref. 23547], Kuiter 1997:406 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:468 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:29 [ref. 23611], Allen 1997:246 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:597 [ref. 24106] as fornasinii, Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1415 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3949 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1415 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:639 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1906 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:484 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1082 [ref. 31980], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2018:382 [ref. 35805], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:299 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:448 [ref. 40260], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1246 [ref. 40796], Toyama et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41858]). Current status: Valid as Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi 1846). Ostraciidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Western Cape (South Africa); Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Ibaraki Prefecture (central Japan), south to Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

fuscomaculata, Lactoria von Bonde [C.] 1923:38, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle stations 179 and 189, depth 25-27 fathoms. Syntypes: (several). Species mistakenly labelled "fuscolineata" on plate. •Synonym of Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi 1846) -- (Smith 1986:892 [ref. 5712]). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi 1846). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

galeodon, Lactoria Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:487, Fig. 34 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50717. •Synonym of Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi 1846) -- (Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi 1846). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

horridus, Ostracion Desjardins [J.] 1836:64 [Rapport Annuel sur les travaux de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice No. 7; ref. 17400] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. For comments on authorship see Monod 1976:21 [ref. 30339]. •Synonym of Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fricke 1999:596 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

paschae, Ostracion Rendahl [H.] 1921:67 [The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 15329] Easter Island, southeastern Pacific. Holotype (unique): ?NRM 10999. •Synonym of Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Fowler 1931:366 [ref. 16277]). •Valid as Lactoria paschae (Rendahl 1921) -- (Pequeño 1989:77 [ref. 14125]). •See Randall 2007:484 [ref. 30952]. •Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Ostraciidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

pentacanthus, Ostracion Bleeker [P.] 1857:98 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 2004.8.4.2 (1). •Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

pentacornis, Ostracion Bennett [F. D.] 1840:266 [Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe v. 2; ref. 260] Pacific (far from land), greatest abundance: 27°N. No types known. •Uncertain in genus Lactoria Jordan & Fowler 1902. Current status: Uncertain. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

schlemmeri, Lactoria Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1904:945 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 27 (no. 1377); ref. 2518] Laysan Island, Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 8440. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:144 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Mundy 2005:530 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

valentini, Ostracion Bleeker [P.] 1848:639 [Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore) v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 315] Bima, Sumbawa Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:281 [ref. 21439]. Based on "Ikan Peti" of Valentyn 1726:358, Pl. opposite p. 358 (no. 36) [ref. 30358]. •Synonym of Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.