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Species in the genus Monotaxis: [ 4 ] records

grandoculis, Sciaena Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:xii, 53 [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:302 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:39 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:168 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:122 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:156 [ref. 29757], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:178 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:599 [ref. 5712], Sato 1986:603 [ref. 5152], Allen & Swainston 1988:84 [ref. 25477], Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:91 [ref. 13577], Winterbottom et al. 1989:40 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:204 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:43 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:221 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:334 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:132 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:92 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:172 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:204 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:156 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:302 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:16 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:860 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:273 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3049 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:860 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:72 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:280 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:386 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1239 [ref. 29090], Bilecenoğlu 2007:466 [ref. 41560], Randall 2007:256 [ref. 30952], Fricke 2008:39 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:67 [ref. 30213], Motomura in Motomura & Shibukawa 2009:164 [ref. 31132], Motomura et al. 2010:126 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:31 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:501 [ref. 31980], Psomadakis et al. 2012:17 [ref. 33457], Fricke et al. 2013:260 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:94 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:267 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:48 [ref. 35333], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:217 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:100 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:79 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:173 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:479 [ref. 37272], Kovačić et al. 2021:71 [ref. 39014], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521], Carpenter 2022:327 [ref. 39786], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:10 [ref. 39607], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:213 [ref. 41223], Mehanna et al. 2022:691 [ref. 39427], Zajonz et al. 2022:198 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:532 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands and Tokara Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga, Austral Islands and Gambier Islands; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea migrant). IUCN (2016): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

heterodon, Pagrus Bleeker [P.] 1854:54 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 16923] Sindangole, Halmahera, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Sato 1986:603 [ref. 5152], Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:91 [ref. 13577]). •Valid as Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker 1854) -- (Randall 2005:281 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:256 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:502 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:94 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:173 [ref. 36673], Rajan et al. 2021:8 [ref. 39508], Zhao et al. 2021:322 [ref. 38683], Shibuya et al. 2022:46 [ref. 39320], Karuppiah et al. 2024:3 [ref. 40877], Allen & Erdmann 2024:533 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker 1854). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Lakshadweep (India) and southeast coast of India east to Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

indica, Monotaxis Anonymous [Bennett [E. T.]] 1830:688 [Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; ref. 259] Sumatra, Indonesia. No types known. On Code recommendation 51D, the anonymous author is listed in square brackets. •Synonym of Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Sato 1986:603 [ref. 5152], Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:91 [ref. 13577]). Current status: Synonym of Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Habitat: marine.

latidens, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:316 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] New Guinea. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:72 [ref. 21545]. Based on a drawing. •Synonym of Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Sato 1986:603 [ref. 5152], Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:91 [ref. 13577]). Current status: Synonym of Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Habitat: marine.