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Species in the genus Ostracion: [ 28 ] records

argus, Ostracion Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1828:4, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 255 (1 of 2). Paralectotypes: SMF 6782 (1, dry), 27093 (1, dry). Also see Ostracion argus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Lectotype established by Dor 1984:282 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dor 1984:283 [ref. 29757]). •See Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965]. •Synonym of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

bombifrons, Ostracion Hollard [H. L. G. M.] (ex Kaup) 1857:168 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 7; ref. 18303] Syntypes: MNHN B-1723 (1) New Guinea, A-8439 (1) Puducherry, B-1724 (1) Indian seas. Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:277-278 [ref. 21439] with MNHN B.1723 as holotype. Based on specimens and literature sources. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

camurum, Ostracion Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:396, Fig. 9 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 (1899); ref. 2340] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: CAS-SU 23301 (2), USNM 49697 (5, now 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:144 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Ostracion lentiginosus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (authors). •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796, but a valid subspecies -- (Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Thomson et al. 2000:272 [ref. 25640], Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796 -- (Randall 2005:641 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:486 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

clippertonense, Ostracion Snodgrass [R. E.] & Heller [E.] 1905:410 [Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 6; ref. 12322] Clipperton Island, eastern Pacific. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6426. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:144 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796, but a valid subspecies -- (Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Mundy 2005:532 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Current status: Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

cristatus, Ostracion Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Knorr) 1788:21 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Antilles. Holotype (unique): PSMC (whereabouts unknown). Based on Knorr 1754-1766:56, Pl. H1, fig. 3 [ref. 30227]. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

cubicus, Ostracion Linnaeus [C.] 1758:332 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. No types known. Genus Ostracion is neuter; therefore species epithet (an adjective) must be cubicum. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:599 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dor 1984:282 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:892 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:244 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:69 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:469 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:415 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:399 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:620 [ref. 27969], Lindberg et al. 1997:104 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:238 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:408 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:469 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:597 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1416 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:464 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:281 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3950 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1416 [ref. 26193], Itoh et al. 2002:144 [ref. 26531], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:225 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:78 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:640 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1906 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:485 [ref. 30952], Fricke 2008:58 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:333 [ref. 31171], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:79 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1082 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:119 [ref. 36167], Stewart & Roberts 2015:1728 [ref. 34322], Koeda et al. 2016:113 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35354], Motomura et al. 2017:235 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[22] 260 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:383 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:180 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:25 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:136 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:330 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:148 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:201 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:614 [ref. 37272], Badreddine & Bitar 2021:20 [ref. 38744], Golani 2021:88 [ref. 38303] as cubucus). •Valid as Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758 -- (Sonoyama et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37637], Kovačić et al. 2021:63 [ref. 39014], Matsuura in Motomura et al. 2021:77 [ref. 38121], Heemstra 2022:450 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Persian Gulf east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia), northern New Zealand, Kermadec Islands and Rapa (French Polynesia); straying to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.); eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea migrant). Habitat: marine.

cubitus, Ostracion Linnaeus [C.] 1766:410 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Incorrect subsequent spelling of Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758. •In the synonymy of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

cyanurus, Ostracion Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1828:4, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Al Muwaylih, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 285. Paralectotypes: SMF 291 (1), 7839 (1). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:282 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell 1828 -- (Dor 1984:282 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:399 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:239 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Golani & Fricke 2018:180 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:137 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Heemstra 2022:450 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell 1828. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

immaculatus, Ostracion Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:296 [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D1497 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1494-1496 (3, stuffed), 3982 (2). Genus Ostracion is neuter; therefore species epithet (an adjective) must be immaculatum. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:212 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel 1850 -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:103 [ref. 23547], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1416 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:282 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2000:184 [ref. 25987], Nakabo 2002:1416 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:452, 695 [ref. 26218], Itoh et al. 2002:144 [ref. 26531], Shao et al. 2008:266 [ref. 29952], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Motomura et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34709], Kim et al. 2020:201 [ref. 39118]). •Valid as Ostracion immaculatum Temminck & Schlegel 1850 -- (Sonoyama et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion immaculatum Temminck & Schlegel 1850. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Ostracion nasutus Tilesius [W. G. von] 1809:233, Pl. 15 [Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 2 (art. 20); ref. 4406] Japan. No types known. As Ostracion nasutus on Pl. 15. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

larvatus, Ostracion Curtiss [A.] 1938:132 [A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands; ref. 18057] Lagoon near Tautira, Tahiti, Society Islands. No types known. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

lentiginosus, Ostracion Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:501 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Around Francicam Island, India. No types known. •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796 -- (Mishra 1994:187 [ref. 24012], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:642 [ref. 24023], Randall 2005:641 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:486 [ref. 30952], Heemstra 2022:450 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

lumbospinnis, Ostracion Valenciennes [A.] in Hollard 1857:148 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 7; ref. 18303] Puducherry, India and St. Helena. Syntypes: MNHN A-8431 to 8332 (1, 1), B-1662 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:278 [ref. 21439]. Minimal characterization, as a variety; not treated as valid (character might be a sexual one); tentatively regarded as unavailable by us. Ostraciidae.

meleagris, Ostracion Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1796:no page number, Pl. 253 [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Southern Ocean [South Pacific]. Syntypes: BMNH 2020.10.2.2-4 (3). •Valid as Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796, subspecies meleagris Shaw 1796 -- (Nakabo 2000:1415 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1415 [ref. 26193], Itoh et al. 2002:144 [ref. 26531], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:449 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:641 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1907 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:486 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:120 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:333 [ref. 31171]). •Valid as Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796 -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:892 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:69 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:469 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:125 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:415 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Mishra 1994:187 [ref. 24012], Allen & Robertson 1994:299 [ref. 22193], Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:641 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:408 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:469 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:599 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:465 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:272 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3949 [ref. 26317] with authors as Shaw & Nedder [sic], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Lobel & Lobel 2004:78 [ref. 27576], Béarez et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27826], Nelson et al. 2004:184 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:180 [ref. 37547], Béarez & Séret 2009:152 [ref. 36646], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:237 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:80 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1083 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:190 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:272 [ref. 32706], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider 1801, Galván-Villa et al. 2016:150 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:113 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:383 [ref. 35805], Reyes-Bonilla et al. 2018:4 [ref. 36357], Fricke et al. 2019:330 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:615 [ref. 37272], Love et al. 2021:224 [ref. 39279], Heemstra 2022:450 [ref. 40260], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrgues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia); eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama, including Clipperton island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

mexicanum, Ostracion sebae Fowler [H. W.] 1944:366, Fig. 268 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] Acapulco, Mexico. Holotype (unique): ANSP 70283. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:136 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Current status: Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

nasus, Ostracion Bloch [M. E.] 1785:118, Pl. 138 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 1; ref. 4866] Nile River mouth, Egypt, eastern Mediterranean Sea (probably erroneous). Lectotype: ZMB 6804 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: ZMB 6808 (1, stuffed). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:109 [ref. 24282]. On p. 121 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 4 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:109 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Rhynchostracion nasus (Bloch 1785) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:298 [ref. 19754] as Phynchostracion, Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:470 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:620 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:375 [ref. 23967], Lindberg et al. 1997:103 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Allen et al. 2006:1907 [ref. 29090], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321]). •Valid as Ostracion nasus Bloch 1785 -- (Myers 1999:288 [ref. 23965], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3949 [ref. 26317], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1083 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2015:104 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2020:615 [ref. 37272], Heemstra 2022:451 [ref. 40260], Vilasri et al. 2023:100 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion nasus Bloch 1785. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar east to Indonesia and Palau, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

oahuensis, Ostracion Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:200 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50668. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7478 (1), ?23301 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:144 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796 -- (Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

ornatus, Ostracion Hollard [H. L. G. M.] (ex Guichenot) 1857:166 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 7; ref. 18303] Marquesas Islands. Syntypes: MNHN -1729 (1) Marquesas, B-1730 (1), B-1731 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:277 [ref. 21439] with B.1729 as holotype. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Ostracion (Aracana) ornata Gray 1838, replaced by Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. •Synonym of Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

oviceps, Ostracion Kaup [J. J.] 1855:218 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 21 (pt. 1); ref. 2571] Syntypes: BMNH 1837.11.12.7 (1, stuffed), 1842.12.10.132 (1, stuffed), 1842.12.10.133 (1, stuffed), 2020.10.2.1 (1, stuffed). Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Ostracion Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Commerson & Lacepède) 1801:501 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Based on Lacepède 1798:455, Pl. 21 (fig. 1). Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:600 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796 -- (Mishra 1994:187 [ref. 24012], Fricke 1999:599 [ref. 24106], Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

renardi, Ostracion Bleeker [P.] 1856:68 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.96 (1). Based on "Ican peti" of Renard 1754:Pl. 28 (fig. 152) [ref. 35586]. •Uncertain in genus Ostracion Linnaeus 1758. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

rhinorhynchos, Ostracion Bleeker [P.] 1851:34, Pl. 6 (fig. 12) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 11); ref. 16836] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes (5) and/or Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.92 (1); MNHN 0000-2224 (1), B-1752 (3), B-1753 (3); RMNH 7318 (5); SMNS 10622 (1 syntype). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:277 [ref. 21439], Fricke 1991:18 [ref. 13474] as rhinorhynchus, Fricke 2005:51 [ref. 29864]. •Valid as Rhynchostracion rhinorhynchos [often as rhinorhynchus] (Bleeker 1851) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:470 [ref. 15987], Lindberg et al. 1997:103 [ref. 23547], Larson & Williams 1997:375 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:470 [ref. 25919], Allen et al. 2006:1907 [ref. 29090]). •Valid as Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker 1851 [sometimes as rhinorhynchus] -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441] as rhinorhynchus, Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:288 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1415 [ref. 25182] as rhinorhynchus, Sadovy & Cornish 2000:282 [ref. 25480], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3951 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1415 [ref. 26193] as rhinorhynchus, Itoh et al. 2002:144 [ref. 26531], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830] as rhinorhynchus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377] as rhinorhynchus, Allen & Erdmann 2012:1084 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Psomadakis et al. 2015:335 [ref. 34104], Psomadakis et al. 2020:615 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:130 [ref. 37637], Heemstra 2022:451 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker 1851. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and Sri Lanka east to Philippines and Palau, north to central Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

sebae, Ostracium Bleeker [P.] 1851:259 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ?BMNH 1867.11.28.93 (1), NMV 46537 [? number may be wrong] (1). Original genus should have been spelled Ostracion. •Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796 -- (Randall et al. 1990:469 [ref. 15987], Randall 2005:641 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:532 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:486 [ref. 30952], Heemstra 2022:450 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Synonym of Ostracion meleagris Shaw 1796. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

solorensis, Ostracion Bleeker [P.] 1853:96 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 16911] Lawajong, Solor Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.95, ?MNHN B-1732 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:277 [ref. 21439]. Genus Ostracion is neuter; therefore species epithet (an adjective) must be solorense. •Valid as Ostracion solorensis Bleeker 1853 -- (Randall et al. 1990:470 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:246 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:408 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:470 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:288 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3949 [ref. 26317], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495] dated 1856, Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:641 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:131 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1907 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1084 [ref. 31980], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:330 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion solorense Bleeker 1853. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Palau, Fiji and Tonga, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. IUCN (2020): Not assessed. Habitat: marine.

tetragonus, Ostracion (Ostracion) Bleeker [P.] 1874:70 [Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile la Réunion Part 4; ref. 443] Name only, no description. For date of publication (as laterst in Dec. 1974), see Kottelat 2013 [ref. 32740]. •In the synonymy of Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Fricke 1999:598 [ref. 24106], Allen et al. 2006:1906 [ref. 29090]). •In the synonymy of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

trachys, Ostracion Randall [J. E.] 1975:59, Fig. 1 [Matsya No. 1; ref. 7463] Patch reef about 800 meters northeast of Grand Baie, Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 18 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16323. Paratypes: BPBM 16329 (1). •Valid as Ostracion trachys Randall 1975 -- (Fricke 1999:600 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:120 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Heemstra 2022:451 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Valid as Ostracion trachys Randall 1975. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) endemic. Habitat: marine.

tuberculatus, Ostracion Linnaeus [C.] 1758:331 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:599 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:472 [ref. 26385]). •See Lindberg et al. 1997:106 [ref. 23547]. •Synonym of Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dor 1984:282 [ref. 29757], Randall et al. 1990:469 [ref. 15987], Fricke 1999:597 [ref. 24106], Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:356 [ref. 28867], Golani & Fricke 2018:180 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:136 [ref. 37020]). •Synonym of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758 -- (Heemstra 2022:450 [ref. 40260]). Current status: Synonym of Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus 1758. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

whitleyi, Ostracion Fowler [H. W.] 1931:366 [Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. v. 11 (no. 5); ref. 16277] Marquesas Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Replacement name for Ostracion ornatus Hollard 1856, preoccupied by Ostracion (Aracana) ornata Gray 1838. •Valid as Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931 -- (Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Randall 2005:642 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:532 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:487 [ref. 30952], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Central and South Pacific: Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago. Habitat: marine.