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Species in the genus Platax: [ 25 ] records

albicauda, Chaetodon Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:73 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] India/ Ambon. No types known. Based in part on Chaetodon quadratus nigrescens; pinnis dorsi ac ani in medio longum productis (Seba Thes tom 3, p. 67; pl. 25, fig. 15), which was identified by Cuvier as Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch. •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albipunctatus, Platax Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:69, Pl. 18 (fig. 4) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1472. Paralectotypes: SMF 5350-51 (1, 1). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto et al. 1988:26 [ref. 13446], Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

arthriticus, Chaetodon Bell [W.] 1793:7, Pls. 5-6 [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London v. 83; ref. 16104] Sumatra, Indonesia. No types known. Name does not appear on stated page in that work (P. Parenti. pers. comm. 10/17/03). •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:347 [ref. 35805]). •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

batavianus, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:225 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-0184. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:157 [ref. 20718]. Platax batavianus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:225 [ref. 4881] and Platax bataviensis Sauvage 1891:278 [ref. 14503] are unjustified emendations or incorrect subsequent spellings. •Valid as Platax batavianus Cuvier 1831 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:144 [ref. 19754], Allen & Swainston 1988:94 [ref. 25477], Klausewitz & Condé 1989 [ref. 13860], Randall et al. 1990:216 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:146 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:362 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:236 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:216 [ref. 25919], Heemstra in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Heemstra 2001:3615 [ref. 26298], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:198 [ref. 26232], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1719 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1003 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:210 [ref. 32988], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:82 [ref. 34319], Motomura et al. 2017:201 [ref. 35490], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:227 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Platax batavianus Cuvier 1831. Ephippidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Habitat: marine.

blochii, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:222 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Puducherry, India; New Guinea. Syntypes: MNHN A-0769 (1, dry) New Guinea, A-7758 (1, dry) Puducherry. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:157-158 [ref. 20718]. Treated as an unnecessary replacement name by Kottelat (2013). •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 1999:528 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

boersii, Platax Bleeker [P.] 1853:758 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 335] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Platax boersii Bleeker 1853 -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:28 [ref. 13446], Randall et al. 1993:230 [ref. 21003], Myers 1999:265 [ref. 23965], Heemstra in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1313 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:102 [ref. 26368], Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:269 as boersi [ref. 27511], Heemstra 2001:3616 [ref. 26298], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:192 [ref. 26232], Nakabo 2002:1313 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:412, 668 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:196 [ref. 27510], Mundy 2005:484 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:413 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1003 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:97 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36673], Nakae in Motomura et al. 2021:75 [ref. 38121], Heemstra 2022:205 [ref. 40142]). Current status: Valid as Platax boersii Bleeker 1853. Ephippidae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya), Seychelles and Madagascar east to Palau, north to southern Japan, south to New Guinea; waifs reaching Hawaiian Islands(U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

daakar, Chetodon Bonnaterre [J. P.] 1788:81, Pl. 95 (fig. 389) [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known. Based on Chaetodon teira with vernacular name 'Daakar' of Forsskål 1775:xiii, 60 [ref. 1351]; unneeded replacement name (Fricke 2008:54 [ref. 30182]). Genus should have been Chaetodon. •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:54 [ref. 30182]). •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:54 [ref. 30182]). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

ecanbonna, Chaetodon Suckow [G. A.] 1799:374 [Naturgeschichte der Thiere v. 4, pt. 1; ref. 18858] Possibly available but cited "Will, Bell. Philos. Transact. 1793." New name for "Chaetodon arthriticus" Bell; perhaps the first available name for this species for which Bell did not provide a name. •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (P. Parenti, pers. comm., 10/17/03). •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

ehrenbergii, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:221 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea; Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea; Malacca, Malaysia, eastern Indian Ocean; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN A-0175 (1) Massawa [Bauchot's holotype], A-0176 (1) Mauritius, A-0186 (1) no locality, A-3835 (1) Red Sea. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:158-159 [ref. 20718] as holotype and paratypes, Bauchot & Daget 1996:243 [ref. 22899]. •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto et al. 1988:26 [ref. 13446], Fricke 1999:528 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

expansus, Platax Thiollière [V. J. de l'I.] in Montrouzier 1857:447 [169 of reprint] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Woodlark Island, South Pacific. No types known. On p. 169 of reprint. Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

gampret, Platax Bleeker [P.] 1850:29 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 9); ref. 16904] Jakarta, Sumanap, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Also in Bleeker 1850:105 [ref. 16888]. •Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:23 [ref. 13446]). Current status: Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

guttulatus, Chaetodon Cuvier [G.] 1829:193 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. Available from footnote as, "Ch. guttulatus, N., Ren., II, xxiv, 129." As Platax guttulatus in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:227, pl. 186 [ref. 4881]. •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

guttulatus, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:226, Pl. 186 (part) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-0185. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:159 [ref. 20718]. If considered an independent description, secondarily preoccupied in Platax by Chaetodon guttulatus Cuvier 1829 and subjectively invalid. •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto et al. 1988:26 [ref. 13446], Fricke 1999:528 [ref. 24106]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

japonicus, Platax vespertilio Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1844:83, Pl. 43 [Fauna Japonica Parts 5-6; ref. 4372] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D964 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D962-963 (2, stuffed). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:84 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:30 [ref. 13446]). •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

leschenalti, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:223 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] New Guinea. Lectotype: MNHN A-0188. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-0767 (1) Puducherry. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:160 [ref. 20718] as leschenaldi. Spelled Leschenaldi in main account and Leschenalti in index (p. xviii) and "Le Platax de Leschenault" as common name; Leschenalti regarded as a typesetting error; usually as Leschenaulti in other Cuvier or Valenciennes names. Lectotype selected by Bauchot 1963:160 [ref. 20718]. •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:30 [ref. 13446]). •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

melanosoma, Platax Bleeker [P.] 1860:10 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 5); ref. 378] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:23 [ref. 13446]). Current status: Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

orbicularis, Chaetodon Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:59, xii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P5168 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:68 [ref. 9588]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 30 [ref. 20847]. •Valid as Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:181 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:605 [ref. 5712], Kishimoto et al. 1988:26 [ref. 13446], Allen & Swainston 1988:94 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:42 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:218 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:46 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:382 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:393 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:146 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:217 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:113 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:236 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:218 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:265 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:528 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:739 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Heemstra in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1312 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:291 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:267 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Heemstra 2001:3617 [ref. 26298], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:194 [ref. 26232], Nakabo 2002:1312 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:646 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:251 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:569 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1719 [ref. 29090], Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:105 [ref. 30213], Kimura in Matsuura & Kimura 2009:295 [ref. 31170], Motomura et al. 2010:224 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1004 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:210 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:429 [ref. 33460], Fricke et al. 2014:179 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:304 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:98 [ref. 35333], Ali et al. 2018:338 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:202 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:295 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:56 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 26 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:177 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:552 [ref. 37272], Hamahashi 2021:38 [ref. 38937], Heemstra 2022:205 [ref. 40142], Mochizuki et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39612], Zajonz et al. 2022:232 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea and Seto Inland Sea (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Iintroduced into Western Atlantic waters off Florida, U.S.A. IUCN (2019): Least concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pentacanthus, Chaetodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:454, 473, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Indo-Pacific. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:133, 160 [ref. 20718]. Based on Commerson manuscript. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:529 [ref. 24106] is invalid [SMNH 10727]; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:29 [ref. 13446]). •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Fricke 1999:528 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:437 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pinnatus, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:272 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Indies. Probably a syntype: NRM 57 (1) Indian Ocean. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:248-249 [ref. 20707]. Also appeared in Linnaeus 1759:249 [ref. 24770]. •Valid as Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:181 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:605 [ref. 5712], Kishimoto et al. 1988:23 [ref. 13446], Allen & Swainston 1988:94 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:218 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:46 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:382 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:394 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:146 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:113 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:238 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:218 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:265 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:529 [ref. 24106], Heemstra in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1312 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Heemstra 2001:3618 [ref. 26298], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:196 [ref. 26232], Nakabo 2002:1312 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:412, 668 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:253 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:569 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1719 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:105 [ref. 30213], Kimura in Matsuura & Kimura 2009:295 [ref. 31170], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1004 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2017:201 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:347 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36673], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:7 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Solomon Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. [Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean records are doubtful]. Habitat: marine.

punctulatus, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:228, Pl. 186 (part) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. Syntypes: MNHN A-0187 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:160161 [ref. 20718]. •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

raynaldi, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:219 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] West coast of Sri Lanka; Puducherry, India; Malacea. Syntypes: MNHN A-0182 (1) Sri Lanka, A-7757 (1, dry) Puducherry. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:161 [ref. 20718] as holotype and paratype. •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:30 [ref. 13446]). •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

setosus, Chaetodon Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:75 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] "American Ocean". No types known. •Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.

teira, Chaetodon Fabricius [J. C.] (ex Forsskål) in Niebuhr 1775:60, xii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Holotype: ZMUC 82. Type catalog: Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]. Misspelled tiera in literature. •Valid as Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:181 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:606 [ref. 5712], Kishimoto et al. 1988:29 [ref. 13446], Allen & Swainston 1988:94 [ref. 25477] as tiera, Randall et al. 1990:219 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:251 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:46 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:382 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:394 [ref. 27969] as tiera, Allen 1997:146 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:362 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:217 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:113 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:236 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:219 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:265 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:529 [ref. 24106], Francis et al. 1999:575 [ref. 24249], Johnson 1999:739 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Heemstra in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1313 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:291 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:268 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Heemstra 2001:3619 [ref. 26298], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:188 [ref. 26232], Nakabo 2002:1313 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:412, 668 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:646 [ref. 27495], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:252 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:570 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:484 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1719 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2007:108 [ref. 29533], Fricke et al. 2009:105 [ref. 30213], Kimura in Matsuura & Kimura 2009:295 [ref. 31170], Motomura et al. 2010:224 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:69 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1005 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:211 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:196 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:179 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:304 [ref. 34104], Trnski 2015:1586 [ref. 34198], Motomura et al. 2017:201 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:338 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:347 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:121 [ref. 36262], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:202 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:56 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36871], Chakraborty et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37356], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 26 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:177 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:553 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:109 [ref. 37637], Kovačić et al. 2021:60 [ref. 39014], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:227 [ref. 41223], Zajonz et al. 2022:233 [ref. 40522]). •Valid as Platax teira (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Heemstra 2022:206 [ref. 40142]). Current status: Valid as Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Northern Marianas, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Solomon Islands and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), north to Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Cape Naturaliste (Western Australia), Bermagui (New South Wales, Australia), Norfolk Island, New Zealand (vagrant); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

vespertilio, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] 1787:67, Pl. 199 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] East Indies. Syntypes: ZMB 8573 (1, dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:79 [ref. 24282]. On p. 49 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 6 [ref. 21381]. •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Randall 1995:382 [ref. 22896], Fricke et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

xanthopus, Platax Bleeker [P.] 1850:28 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 9); ref. 16904] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Also appeared in Bleeker 1850:105 [ref. 16888]. •Synonym of Platax teira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kishimoto et al. 1988:30 [ref. 13446]). •Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Platax teira (Fabricius 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: marine.