Species that contain: Helotes and sexlineatus [ 5 ] records

octolineatus, Helotes Jenyns [L.] 1840:18 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] King George Sound, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1917.7.14.41. •Synonym of Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Vari 1978:253 [ref. 4514]). •Valid as Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns 1840) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:535 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:560 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:134 [ref. 25488], Allen et al. 2006:1338 [ref. 29004], Allen & Gomon 2008:618 [ref. 30653]). •Valid as Helotes octolineatus Jenyns 1840 -- (Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Kottelat 2013:370 [ref. 32989], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Helotes octolineatus Jenyns 1840. Terapontidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia, South Australia. Habitat: marine.

profundior, Helotes De Vis [C. W.] 1884:397 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 2); ref. 1090] South Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Vari 1978:253 [ref. 4514]). •Synonym of Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns 1840) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:535 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1338 [ref. 29004]). •Synonym of Helotes octolineatus Jenyns 1840 -- (Jeff Johnson, pers. comm. 2/16/2011). Current status: Synonym of Helotes octolineatus Jenyns 1840. Terapontidae. Habitat: marine.

scotus, Helotes Haacke [W.] 1885:508 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 8 (no. 203); ref. 31813] Adelaide, St. Vincent Gulf, South Australia. Syntypes: SAMA. Appeared first as name only in Haacke 1885:507 [ref. 14450]. •Synonym of Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Vari 1978:253 [ref. 4514]). •Synonym of Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns 1840) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:535 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1338 [ref. 29004]). •Synonym of Helotes octolineatus Jenyns 1840. Current status: Synonym of Helotes octolineatus Jenyns 1840. Terapontidae. Habitat: marine.

sexlineatum, Pristipoma Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:320 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Sydney, Port Jackson, Australia. Syntypes: ?MNHN 0000-7936 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:53 [ref. 21546], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:88 [ref. 12478]. See Therapon sexlineatus Quoy & Gaimard 1825, a different species. •Valid as Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Johnson 1999:731 [ref. 25471]). •Synonym of Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns 1840) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:534 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1338 [ref. 29004]). •Synonym of Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch 1790) -- (Vari 1978:249 [ref. 4514], Kottelat 2013:370 [ef. 32989], Parenti 2019:187 [ref. 37021]). •Valid as Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Tavera et al. 2012:10 [ref. 32469]). Current status: Valid as Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Terapontidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific Ocean: Fraser Island (southeastern Queensland) to Jervis Bay (New South Wales). Habitat: brackish, marine.

sexlineatus, Terapon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:340, Pl. 60 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Shark Bay, Western Australia. Holotype: MNHN 0000-7941. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:90 [ref. 12478]. Secondarily preoccupied by Pristipoma sexlineatum Quoy & Gaimard 1824 when both are in Pelates. Some status references refer to Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). •Valid as Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Vari 1978:252 [ref. 4514], Paxton et al. 1989:535 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:147 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:561 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:132 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:731 [ref. 25471], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:181 [ref. 25480], Vari in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Vari 2001:3312 [ref. 26126], Allen et al. 2006:1338 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2013:168 [ref. 34464] dated 1824). •Valid as Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Jeff Johnson, pers. comm. 2/16/2011, Davis et al. 2012:1173 [ref. 32013], Larson et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:370 [ref. 32989], Ali et al. 2018:319 [ref. 36183]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Valid as Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Terapontidae. Distribution: Australia: Shark Bay (Western Australia) across northern Australia to Moreton Bay (Queensland). Habitat: marine.