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Species in the genus Meuschenia: [ 19 ] records

australis, Balistes Donovan [E.] 1824:no page, Pl. LXXVI [The naturalist's repository v. 3 [for 1825]; ref. 17409] Tasmania, Australia. No types known. •Valid as Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:403 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:880 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:396 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2008:833 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Australia: Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Habitat: marine.

convexirostris, Monacanthus Günther [A.] 1870:248 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Tasmania, Australia; New Zealand. Syntypes: (orig. at least 5) BMNH 1849.11.2.4 (1), 1860.12.9.1 (1, skin), BMNH uncat. (stuffed, ? lost). •Synonym of Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Allen et al. 2006:1888 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

flavolineata, Meuschenia Hutchins [J. B.] 1977:40, Fig. 11 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 5 (pt 1); ref. 2283] Middle Bank, 2 kilometers south east of Rottnest Island, 32°05'S, 115°33'E, Western Australia, depth 15 meters. Holotype: WAM P.25489-001. Paratypes: AM I.17019-027 (1), I.17033-051 (13), I.18301 (2) ; BMNH 1976.8.23.1 (1); QVM 1975:5:197-199 (3); USNM 216433 (1); WAM P.9155-001 (1), P.24514-001 (1), P.25150-008 (1), P.25173-001 (1, skel.), P.25250-004 (1), P.25251-003 (2), P.25252-002 (1), P.25549-001 (1), P.25550-001 (1), P.25551-001 (1), P.25553-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:44 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:52 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Meuschenia flavolineata Hutchins 1977 -- (Kuiter 1993:404 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:881 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:394 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1888 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:834 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia flavolineata Hutchins 1977. Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: New South Wales to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

freycineti, Balistes Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:213 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Mauritius [perhaps in error, possibly southeastern Australia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4100. Non-types: MNHN A-4107 (1), A-4108 (2). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:520 [ref. 21538] with holotype and paratypes, Beaunier et al. 2009:289 [ref. 28887]. •Valid as Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:402 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:882 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:396 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:589 [ref. 24106], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2002:213 [ref. 26078], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:835 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: New South Wales to Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

galii, Pseudomonacanthus Waite [E. R.] 1905:79, Pl. 16 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 4562] Shark Bay, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): WAM P.13259-001. Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:45 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:52 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Meuschenia galii (Waite 1905) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:403 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:883 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:396 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:836 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia galii (Waite 1905). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

hippocrepis, Balistes Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:212 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Mauritius [in error, probably southern Australia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2015. Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:525 [ref. 21538], Beaunier et al. 2009:290 [ref. 28887]. •Valid as Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:401 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:885 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:394 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:590 [ref. 24106], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:836 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

knerii, Monacanthus (Paramonacanthus) Steindachner [F.] 1867:591 [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 55 (pts 4-5); ref. 4213] China (erroneous, should be southern Australia). Holotype (unique): NMW 63809 (1). •Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1997:6 [ref. 23117]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

lemniscatus, Balistes Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1804:211 [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 12515] Australia. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther 1870) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283]). •Incertae sedis in Monacanthidae -- (Allen et al. 2006:1900 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther 1870). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

lesueurii, Monacanthus Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:56 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Port Western, Victoria, Australia. Holotype: MNHN A-4563 (poor condition, dry). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:525 [ref. 21538], Beaunier et al. 2009:292 [ref. 28887] •Questionably a synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

multiradiatus, Monacanthus Günther [A.] 1870:248 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] South Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.1.15.7 (stuffed). •Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Gomon et al. 1994:883 [ref. 22532], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

prasinus, Monacanthus Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:205 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): Not at MNHN. Non-types: MNHN A-4562 (1), B-2053 (1). Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:301 [ref. 28887]. •Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

rudis, Monacanthus Richardson [J.] 1840:27 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840 (pt 8, no. 87); ref. 3733] Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, southwestern Pacific, ca. 43°09'S, 147°51'E. Holotype (?): BMNH 2009.3.9.4 (stuffed and mounted). Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:303 [ref. 28887]. Also described in Richardson 1844:166 [ref. 20295]. •Synonym of Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Allen et al. 2006:1888 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia australis (Donovan 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

scaber, Balistes Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:477 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Pacific [is Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand]. No types known. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). The species epithet is an adjective; the proper ending is scabra when in the feminine genus Meuschenia. •Valid as Parika scaber (Forster 1801) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283], Paulin et al. 1989:243 [ref. 24556], Matsuura in Amaoka et al. 1990:331 [ref. 16024], Paulin & Roberts 1992:115 [ref. 24625], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Meuschenia scaber (Forster 1801) -- (Kuiter 1993:405 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:885 [ref. 22532], Allen et al. 2006:1890 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:837 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:119 [ref. 36167], Stewart & Roberts 2015:1720 [ref. 34322]). •Valid as Meuschenia scabra (Forster 1801). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia scabra (Forster 1801). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: southern Australia, New Zealand, Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

setosus, Monacanthus Waite [E. R.] 1899:91, Pl. 16 [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 4557] Off Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, depth 63-75 fathoms. Holotype (unique): AMS I.4023. •Synonym of Parika scaber (Forster 1801) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283]). •Synonym of Meuschenia scaber (Forster 1801) -- (Allen et al. 2006:1890 [ref. 29098]). •Synonym of Meuschenia scabra (Forster 1801). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia scabra (Forster 1801). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

skottowei, Meuschenia Whitley [G. P.] 1934:161 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 2); ref. 4681] Long Reef, Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.5698. •Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Gomon et al. 1994:883 [ref. 22532], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

trachylepis, Monacanthus Günther [A.] 1870:248 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1860.5.25.8 (stuffed). •Valid as Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther 1870) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283], Kuiter 1993:404 [ref. 23929], Kuiter 1997:396 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Allen et al. 2006:1890 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:833 [ref. 30658]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia trachylepis (Günther 1870). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Australia. Habitat: marine.

variabilis, Aleuterius Richardson [J.] 1846:67, Pl. 53 (figs. 1-7) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] King George Sound, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1846.8.16.1 (stuffed). Correct spelling for genus is Aluterus. •Synonym of Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283], Allen et al. 2006:1889 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

venusta, Meuschenia Hutchins [J. B.] 1977:45, Fig. 12 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 5 (pt 1); ref. 2283] Shark Bay, 25°30'S, 115°39'E, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.14881-001. Paratypes: CSIRO C 2284 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:45 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:52 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Meuschenia venusta Hutchins 1977 -- (Kuiter 1993:405 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:886 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:394 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1890 [ref. 29098], Hutchins 2008:837 [ref. 30658], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia venusta Hutchins 1977. Monacanthidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: New South Wales to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

xanthopterus, Thamnaconus Xu [C.-G.] & Zhan [H.-X.] in Xu 1988:312, Fig. 248 [The deep water fishes of the east China Sea 1988; ref. 22210] China. Syntypes: ECSFRI (Shanghai) SH75-0424 (1) estuary of Yangtze R., SH75-057 4 (1) off Fuding (Fujian), SH80D-0734 (1) East China Sea. In English on pp. 313-314. •Valid as Navodon xanopterus (Xu & Zhan 1988) -- (Chen et al. 1997:183 [ref. 26476]). •Valid as Meuschenia xanthopterus (Xu & Zhan 1988). Current status: Valid as Meuschenia xanthopterus (Xu & Zhan 1988). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific off China and Japan. Habitat: marine.