Species that contain: Citula and armata [ 2 ] records

armata, Citula Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:103 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1601. Paralectotypes: SMF 1601 (1), 2853 (2), 13724 (1), 15074 [ex SMF 1601] (1). Lectotype (SMF 1601) selected by Williams et al. 1980:16 [ref. 23089]; designation invalid as this is not an independent species description. Specimen 2853 is unidentifiable dry mount with gill arches removed (Williams et al. 1980:19 [ref. 23089]). Not an independent species description, but based on Sciaena armata Forsskål 1775. •Valid as Olistus armatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Carangoides armatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:157 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1986:643 [ref. 5718], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:224 [ref. 24016], Goren & Dor 1994:33 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:176 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:426 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:157 [ref. 23922], Lin & Shao 1999:51 [ref. 23921], Fricke 1999:244 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2693 [ref. 24833], Nakabo 2000:807 [ref. 25086], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:807 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:30 [ref. 27712], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:55 [ref. 30213], Kimura 2009:118 [ref. 30425], Ho & Shao 2011: 45 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:429 [ref. 31980], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:421 [ref. 33460], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:217 [ref. 34104], Bogorodsky et al. 2017:4 [ref. 35534], Ali et al. 2018:322 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:180 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:83 [ref. 36273], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:129 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:47 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 16 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:418 [ref. 37272], Smith-Vaniz 2022:38 [ref. 39876]). •Synonym of Carangoides armatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:32 [ref. 30182]). •Synonym of Atropus armatus (Forsskål 1775). Current status: Synonym of Atropus armatus (Forsskål 1775). Carangidae: Caranginae. 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 northern Vietnam and southern China, north to southern Japan [if valid] Habitat: brackish, marine.

armata, Sciaena Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:53, xii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [No locality stated] Red Sea. No types known. Originally Sciaena? armata, galemfish on p. 53; Sciaena armata on p. xii (with brief description). See also account of Citula armata Rüppell 1830. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:32 [ref. 30182]. •A nomen dubium -- (Smith 1973:352 [ref. 27859], Dor 1984:124 [ref. 29757]). •In the synonymy of Olistus armatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989] with question). •Synonym of Carangoides armatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Chen et al. 1997:61 [ref. 26476]). •Valid as Carangoides armatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:32 [ref. 30182]). •Valid as Atropus armatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kimura et al. 2022:35 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Atropus armatus (Forsskål 1775). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East London (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, western Mascarenes and Persian Gulf east to northern Vietnam and southern China, north to southern Japan Habitat: brackish, marine.