Species that contain: Chaetodon and nigropunctatus [ 2 ] records

nigropunctatus, Chaetodon (Tetragonoptrus) Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:222 [12] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3888] Oman. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:125-126 [ref. 20718]. On p. 12 of separate. •Valid as Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage 1880 -- (Burgess 1978:633 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Blum 1989:13 [ref. 37553], Carpenter et al. 1997:194 [ref. 23922], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Eagderi et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37020], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:458 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage 1880. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: southern Oman and Gulf of Oman to Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

obscurus, Chaetodon Boulenger [G. A.] 1888:657 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887 (pt 4); ref. 14479] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1887.11.11.109 (1), BMNH 1887.11.11.110 (1, dried skin). •Synonym of Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage 1880 -- (Burgess 1978:633 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:161 [ref. 22764], Randall 1995:251 [ref. 22896], Eagderi et al. 2019:54 [ref. 37020], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:458 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage 1880. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae. Habitat: marine.