bicaudalis, Ostracion Linnaeus [C.] 1758:330 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. No types known. •Valid as Rhinesomus bicaudalis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Duron & Quéro 1990:1068 [ref. 19530], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:510 [ref. 24550], Matsuura 2003:1986 [ref. 27119], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:917 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33516]). •Valid as Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:304 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1992:377 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1996:108 [ref. 24489], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:353 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:170 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:127 [ref. 26784], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:109 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:70 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:184 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:190 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:87 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:160 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:78 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:73 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:282 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:169 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus 1758). Ostraciidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Georgia (U.S.A.) south to Bahia (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern-central Atlantic: ?Ascension Island. Habitat: marine.