Species that contain: Desmodema and polystictum [ 5 ] records

deltoideus, Trachypterus Clark [H. W.] 1938:180 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 22 (no. 7); ref. 12316] Rurutu Island, Austral Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS 5532. •Synonym of Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898) -- (Aguiar & Quéro 1990:647 [ref. 17478], Martin & Hilton 2021:307 [ref. 38678]). Current status: Synonym of Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898). Trachipteridae. Habitat: marine.

misakiensis, Trachypterus Tanaka [S.] 1908:52, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 23 (art. 7); ref. 6032] Misaki, Sagami Sea, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 960 (lost). Paratypes: ZUMT (3, lost). Original genus should have been spelled Trachipterus. •Synonym of Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898) -- (Aguiar & Quéro 1990:647 [ref. 17478], Martin & Hilton 2021:307 [ref. 38678]). Current status: Synonym of Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898). Trachipteridae. Habitat: marine.

polystictus, Trachypterus jacksoniensis Ogilby [J. D.] 1898:649 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 3); ref. 14689] Off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS (presumeably lost). •Valid as Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898) -- (Yabe in Amaoka et al. 1983:127, 202 [ref. 8379], Heemstra & Kannemeyer 1984:15 [ref. 5349], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:117 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Kannemeyer 1986:400 [ref. 5666], Robins & Ray 1986:119 [ref. 23100], Paxton et al. 1989:399 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:55 [ref. 14125] as polysticta, Paulin et al. 1989:149 [ref. 24556], Aguiar & Quéro 1990:647 [ref. 17478], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:114, 134 [ref. 24555] as polysticta, Olney 1999:1974 [ref. 24751], Nakabo 2000:405 [ref. 25086], Olney in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:302 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:404 [ref. 26001], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27192] dated 1897, Olney 2003:958 [ref. 27007], Moore et al. 2003:203 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:237 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:541 [ref. 28995], Costa & Mincarone 2010:354 [ref. 37483], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Page et al. 2013:91 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Psomadakis et al. 2015:172 [ref. 34104], Stewart 2015:690 [ref. 34254], Olney & Hartel 2016:1938 [ref. 34580], Fourriére et al. 2016:455 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:574, 587 [ref. 35166], Deshmukh et al. 2018:379 [ref. 36518], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626], Bañón et al. 2020:3 [ref. 38888], Kim et al. 2020:69 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37637], Sutton et al. 2020:226 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:57 [ref. 38883], Martin & Hilton 2021:343 [ref. 38678], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:193 [ref. 39448], Heemstra 2022:233 [ref. 39704], Rajeeshkumar et al. 2022:284 [ref. 39555], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898). Trachipteridae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including Sea of Japan). Habitat: marine.

trachyurus, Trachypterus Poey [F.] 1861:420 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. No types known. Apparently the same as Trachipterus trachipterus (Gmelin 1789) and not an original description. •Synonym of Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898) -- (Martin & Hilton 2021:308 [ref. 38678]). Current status: Synonym of Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin 1789). Trachipteridae. Habitat: marine.

woodi, Trachipterus Smith [J. L. B.] 1953:504, Fig. 264b [The sea fishes of southern Africa. Revised enlarged edition; ref. 19760] Xora River mouth, Transkei, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 133. •Synonym of Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898) -- (Heemstra & Kannemeyer 1984:15 [ref. 5349], Heemstra & Kannemeyer 1986:400 [ref. 5666], Mundy 2005:237 [ref. 28379], Martin & Hilton 2021:307 [ref. 38678]). Current status: Synonym of Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby 1898). Trachipteridae. Habitat: marine.