Species that contain: Kyphosus and bigibbus [ 7 ] records

bigibbus, Kyphosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:114, 115, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] No locality stated (is Fort Dauphin, near Tôlanaro, Toliara Province, southeastern Madagascar). Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2162 (dry skin). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:169, 170 [ref. 20718]. Based on illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:124, 125 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:166 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:166 [ref. 29757], Smith 1986:603 [ref. 5712], Pequeño 1989:62 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:194 [ref. 24556], Kuiter 1993:212 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:46 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:246 [ref. 22896], Clements 1997:220 [ref. 23459], Allen 1997:144 [ref. 23977], Anderson et al. 1998:25 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:173 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:322 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:738 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:17 [ref. 25829], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:958 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:15 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:105 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Sakai 2001:3292 [ref. 26121], Nakabo 2002:958 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:356, 626 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:72 [ref. 27576] dated 1802, Sakai & Nakabo 2004:25 [ref. 27596], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:250 [ref. 28072], Pequeño 2004:96 [ref. 28123], Randall 2005:305 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1322 [ref. 29000], Sakai & Nakabo 2006:354 [ref. 29152], Fricke et al. 2009:70 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:133 [ref. 31256], Knudsen & Clements 2013:6 [ref. 32384], Fricke et al. 2013:261 [ref. 32706], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:179 [ref. 32953], Knudsen & Clements 2013:9, 22 [ref. 33031], Sakai & Nakabo 2014:[1] [ref. 33211], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:58 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33516], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:115 [ref. 36167], Knudsen & Clements 2015:1316 [ref. 34204], Psomadakis et al. 2015:288 [ref. 34104], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Fricke et al. 2018:233 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2018:197 [ref. 36460], Brown et al. 2019:176 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:238 [ref. 37250], Zajonz et al. 2019:82 [ref. 36871], Guabiroba et al. 2020:702 [ref. 37571], Kim et al. 2020:141 [ref. 39118], Pimentel et al. 2020:6 [ref. 38051], Psomadakis et al. 2020:509 [ref. 37272], Robertson et al. 2020:156 [ref. 38098], Sonoyama et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37637], Heemstra 2022:342 [ref. 39773], Honda et al. 2022:15 [ref. 39421], Carvalho-Filho 2023:186 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:170 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Indonesia, north to Korea and central Japan, south to Australia, northern New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

bosquii, Pimelepterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:429, 430, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] North Atlantic (South Carolina, U.S.A.). Holotype: MNHN 0000-9601. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:171-172 [ref. 20718]. Spelled boscii in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:258, Pl. 187 [ref. 4881]. •Synonym of Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Desoutter 1973:420 [ref. 7203], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:913 [ref. 13676], Desoutter 1990:831 [ref. 18967]). •Valid as Kyphosus bosquii (Lacepède 1802) -- (Sakai & Nakabo 2014:266 [ref. 33211], Sakai & Nakabo in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2682 [ref. 34618]). •Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801 -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:22 [ref. 33031], Knudsen & Clements 2016:262 [ref. 34458]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

fallax, Pimelepterus Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:64 [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMNS 3495 (97.6 mm SL). Paralectotypes: SMNS 23084 [ex 3495] (2), 23085 [ex 3495] (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:11 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:43 [ref. 29864]. Based on Pimelopterus tahmel of Klunzinger 1870:795 [ref. 2621]. Lectotype selected by Sakai & Nakabo 2004:30 [ref. 27596]. •Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801 -- (Dor 1984:167 [ref. 29757], Sakai & Nakabo 2004:25 [ref. 27596], Knudsen & Clements 2013:23 [ref. 33031], Heemstra 2022:342 [ref. 39773]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

fuscus, Xyster Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1803:484, 485 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] No locality [Fort Dauphin, Madagascar]. Holotype: MNHN B-2162 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:169, 174 [ref. 20718]. •Objective synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801 -- (Dor 1984:167 [ref. 29757], Fricke 1999:323 [ref. 24106], Sakai & Nakabo 2004:25 [ref. 27596], Knudsen & Clements 2013:21 [ref. 33031], Knudsen & Clements 2013:22 [ref. 33031], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273], Heemstra 2022:342 [ref. 39773]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

metzelaari, Kyphosus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1927:506 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 15); ref. 2453] Curaçao, Venezuela. No types known. •Possible synonym of Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Desoutter 1990:831 [ref. 18967] as sectator). •Synonym of Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:54 [ref. 33031]). •Synonym of Kyphosus bosquii (Lacepède 1802) -- (Sakai & Nakabo 2014:272 [ref. 33211]). •Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

nigrescens, Dorsuarius Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1803:482, 483 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2162 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:169 [ref. 20718]. Based on Commerson manuscript. •Objective synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801 -- (Fricke 1999:322 [ref. 24106], Sakai & Nakabo 2004:25 [ref. 27596], Knudsen & Clements 2013:22 [ref. 33031], Heemstra 2022:342 [ref. 39773]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

palpebrosus, Kyphosus Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1919:176, Unnum. pl. (fig. 2) [Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro v. 22; ref. 15243] Trindade, Martin Vaz Islands, off southeastern Brazil, South Atlantic, 20°31'S, 29°19'W. Holotype (unique): MNRJ 1719. •Possible synonym of Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus 1766) [= Kyphosus saltatrix (Linnaeus 1758)] -- (Desoutter 1973:420 [ref. 7203], Desoutter 1990:831 [ref. 18967]). •Possible synonym of Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus 1758). •Synonym of Kyphosus bosquii (Lacepède 1802) -- (Sakai & Nakabo 2014:272 [ref. 33211]). •Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède 1801. Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.