multifasciatus, Scatophagus Richardson [J.] 1846:57, Pl. 35 (figs. 4-6) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] King George Sound, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2006.5.19.2 (skin). •Valid as Scatophagus multifasciatus Richardson 1846 -- (Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:96 [ref. 25477], Larson & Martin 1990:61 [ref. 16606], Kuiter 1993:212 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:146, 148 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:362 [ref. 23967], Tyler & Sorbini 1999:375 [ref. 25312], Johnson 1999:739 [ref. 25471], Kottelat 2001:3624 [ref. 26299] dated 1844, Kuiter & Debelius 2001:206 [ref. 26232], Allen et al. 2002:351 [ref. 25930], Parenti 2004:3 [ref. 27605], Morgan et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27718], Allen et al. 2006:1722 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2013:439 [ref. 32989], Morgan et al. 2014:33 [ref. 36567], Pusey et al. 2017:56 [ref. 35250], Luo et al. 2024:8 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846). Scatophagidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Record from South China Sea needs verification. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.