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Species in the genus Caracanthus: [ 10 ] records

apistus, Amphiprionichthys Bleeker [P.] 1855:173 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 347] Cocos-Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (2) ?RMNH 5893 (1), SMNS 10577 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:10 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:23 [ref. 29864]. •Considered the same as Caracanthus unipinna by authors. Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Habitat: marine.

bankiensis, Trachycephalus De Vis [C. W.] 1884:456 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] Banks Group, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific. Syntypes: AMS I.14330 (2). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae.

longipinnis, Micropus Jatzow [R.] & Lenz [H.] 1898:505, Pl. 34 (fig. 2) [Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft v. 21; ref. 14685] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. •Synonym of Caracanthus unipinna (Gray 1831) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:481 [ref. 19539]). Current status: Synonym of Caracanthus unipinna (Gray 1831). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Micropus Gray [J. E.] 1831:20 [Zoological Miscellany [No. 1]; ref. 1881] Hao Island, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1969.11.3.1. •Valid as Caracanthus maculatus (Gray 1831) -- (Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:458 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:85 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:85 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:102 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2353 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:11 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:603 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:11 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:603 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Shinohara & Imamura 2004:64 [ref. 28198], Randall 2005:130 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:920 [ref. 28997], Randall 2007:181 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:49 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36673], Wada et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Caracanthus maculatus (Gray 1831). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands and Indonesia east to Marshall and Tuamotu islands, north to Ryukyu Islands and Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

madagascariense, Crossoderma Guichenot [A.] 1869:195, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 5 (fasc. 3); ref. 1952] Tuléar, Madagascar. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5656 (9). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:26 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Caracanthus madagascariensis (Guichenot 1869) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:481 [ref. 19539], Winterbottom et al. 1989:22 [ref. 13251], Fricke 1999:1676 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:38 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:129 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:28 [ref. 36883], Poss & Motomura 2022:519 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Caracanthus madagascariensis (Guichenot 1869). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Maldives, Chagos Archipelago and Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.

staurophorus, Centropus Kner [R.] 1860:531 [3], Pl. (fig. 1) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 39 (no. 4); ref. 2633] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. No types known. On p. 3 of separate. •Synonym of Caracanthus unipinna (Gray 1831) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:481 [ref. 19539]). Current status: Synonym of Caracanthus unipinna (Gray 1831). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Habitat: marine.

typicus, Caracanthus Krøyer [H. N.] 1845:264 [Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Kjøbenhavn) (n. s.) v. 1; ref. 2689] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: ZMUC 36. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:80 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Caracanthus typicus Krøyer 1845 -- (Mundy 2005:334 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:181 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Valid as Caracanthus typicus Krøyer 1845. Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Distribution: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

unipinna, Micropus Gray [J. E.] 1831:20 [Zoological Miscellany [No. 1]; ref. 1881] Pacific. Holotype: BMNH 1971.7.16.2 (missing in 2007). •Valid as Caracanthus unipinna (Gray 1831) -- (Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:481 [ref. 19539], Paxton et al. 1989:458 [ref. 12442] as unipinnis, Winterbottom et al. 1989:22 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:85 [ref. 15987], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:288 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:85 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:102 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:168 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2353 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:11 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:603 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:603 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624] as unipinnis, Shinohara & Imamura 2004:64 [ref. 28198], Randall 2005:131 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:920 [ref. 28997], Fricke et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30213], Motomura 2009:64 [ref. 30463], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:250 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:49 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:130 [ref. 35805], Wada et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38521], Poss & Motomura 2022:520 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Caracanthus unipinna (Gray 1831). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

villosus, Amphiprionichthys Schmeltz [J. D. E.] 1869:16 Still researching, apparently name only and not available; from Kandavu I. Fiji Is. In Museum Godeffroy Catalog 4? Also seen as Amphiprionichthys villosus Kner. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Caracanthus unipinna (Gray 1831). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Habitat: marine.

zeylonensis, Amphiprionichthys Day [F.] 1870:515 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 (pt 3) (art. 7) (for 11 Nov. 1869); ref. 18819] Off Galle, Sri Lanka. Syntypes: (3) ZSI A.114 (3, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:159 [ref. 23762]. Treated as Micropus zeylonicus in Day 1875:158, Pl. 38 (fig. 6) [ref. 1080]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Caracanthus zeylonensis (Day 1870) -- (Moazzam & Osmany 2023:295 [ref. 40698]). Current status: Valid as Caracanthus zeylonensis (Day 1870). Scorpaenidae: Caracanthinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.