Species that contain: Abalistes and stellaris [ 2 ] records

stellaris, Balistes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:476 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:298 [ref. 28887]. Based on Le Baliste étoilé of Lacepède 1798. Author may be Lacepède [Anonymous], as used by Harmelin-Vivien & Quéro 1990:1055 [ref. 19527] and Matsuura & Yoshino 2004:189 [ref. 27771] and others. •Valid as Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:344 [ref. 19756], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:627, 743 [ref. 8056], Winterbottom et al. 1989:67 [ref. 13251], Lindberg et al. 1997:57 [ref. 23547], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1397 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3918 [ref. 26315], Nakabo 2002:1397 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Matsuura 2009:325 [ref. 31171] with author as Anonymous 1798, Bogorodsky et al. 2014:433 [ref. 33460] with author as Anonymous, Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576] with author as Anonymous, Ali et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:376 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:326 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:134 [ref. 37020]). •Synonym of Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Dor 1984:274 [ref. 29757], Harmelin-Vivien & Quéro 1990:1055 [ref. 19527], Carpenter et al. 1997:235 [ref. 23922], Parenti 2021:648 [ref. 38921]). Current status: Synonym of Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Balistidae. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Balistes Anonymous (ex Commerson, Lacepède) 1798:681, 685 [Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 1798 (pt. 3) (nos. 287-288); ref. 13098] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Non-type: MNHN B-1925 (1) Red Sea. Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:298 [ref. 28887] with author correctly as Anonymous (ex Commerson). Based on description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:577 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Author often seen as Lacepède. •Valid as Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:289 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:274 [ref. 29757], Smith & Heemstra 1986:877 [ref. 5714], Allen & Swainston 1988:150 [ref. 25477], Harmelin-Vivien & Quéro 1990:1055 [ref. 19527], Randall et al. 1990:452 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:396 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:72 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:392 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:608 [ref. 27969] with author as Lacepède, Allen 1997:238 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:236 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:179 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:392 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:452 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:281 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:576 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:753 [ref. 25471], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:454 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:105 [ref. 26368], Choi et al. 2003:446, 690 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830] with authors and date as Bloch & Schneider 1801 [which is stellaris], Randall et al. 2004:31 [ref. 27624], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:49 [ref. 27712] with author as Lacepède, Matsuura & Yoshino 2004:189 [ref. 27771], Randall 2005:619 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1870 [ref. 29098], Khalaf & Zajonz 2007:428 [ref. 31739], Randall & Justine 2008:183 [ref. 29954], Fricke et al. 2009:115 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1060 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32988] as Anonymous [Lacepède], Yoshida et al. 2013:226 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:332 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:229 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:376 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:177 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:185 [ref. 36444], Eagderi et al. 2019:134 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:321 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:606 [ref. 37272], Mary et al. 2021:396 [ref. 38693] with author as Lacepède, Parenti 2021:648 [ref. 38921], Matsuura 2022:416 [ref. 40250], Moazzam & Osmany 2022:330 [ref. 39925], Devi et al. 2023:450 [ref. 40401], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Balistidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Palau, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia); eastern tropical Atlantic. IUCN (2020): Not assessed. Habitat: marine.