Species that contain: Kyphosus and sydneyanus [ 5 ] records

diemenensis, Kyphosus Scott [E. O. G.] 1971:135, Fig. 1 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania v. 105; ref. 7702] Northeast of Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): QVM 1967:5:0026 (not found in 1993 or 1997). Type catalog: Green 1974:4 [ref. 19267]. •Placement uncertain [perhaps not a Kyphosus] -- (Sakai & Nakabo 2006:348 [ref. 29152]). •Synonym of Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1323 [ref. 29000], Knudsen & Clements 2013:61 [ref. 33031]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886). Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

klunzingeri, Segutilum Whitley [G. P.] 1931:320 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] King George Sound, Western Australia, 35°03'S, 117°57'E. Holotype (unique): SMNS 2673. Type catalog: Fricke 1995:15 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:43 [ref. 29864]. Based on a specimen described and figured by Klunzinger 1879:357, Pl. 7 [ref. 2624]. •Valid as Segutilum klunzingeri Whitley 1931 -- (Nakabo, pers. comm. in Fricke 1995:15 [ref. 28100]). •Valid as Kyphosus klunzingeri (Whitley 1931). •Incertae sedis in Kyphosidae -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1327 [ref. 29000]). •Synonym of Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886) -- (Sakai & Nakabo 2006:348 [ref. 29152]). •Questionably a synonym of Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements 2013 -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:4,13 [ref. 32384] with discrepancies). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus gladius Knudsen & Clements 2013. Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

meridionalis, Pimelepterus Ogilby [J. D.] 1887:539 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1886 (pt 2) (art. 4) (for 7 Dec. 1886); ref. 18483] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1323 [ref. 29000], Sakai & Nakabo 2006:348 [ref. 29152], Knudsen & Clements 2013:61 [ref. 33031] as meridonalis). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886). Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

moonta, Cridorsa Whitley [G. P.] 1938:159, Pl. 16 [Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 4694] Moonta Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Holotype (unique): SAMA F2023 (destroyed). Type catalog: Glover 1976:174 [ref. 19449]. •Synonym of Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1323 [ref. 29000], Knudsen & Clements 2013:61 [ref. 33031]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886). Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.

sydneyanus, Pimelepterus Günther [A.] 1886:368 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 18 (no. 107) (art. 36); ref. 18205] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1883.11.29.5 (dry, stuffed). •Valid as Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:194 [ref. 24556], Kuiter 1993:211 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:612 [ref. 22532], Clements 1997:220 [ref. 23459], Kuiter 1997:200 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:738 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Sakai 2001:3294 [ref. 26121], Sakai & Nakabo 2004:20 [ref. 27596], Randall 2005:306 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1323 [ref. 29000], Sakai & Nakabo 2006:348 [ref. 29152], Sakai & Nakabo 2008:2 [ref. 29523], Gomon 2008:599 [ref. 30616], Knudsen & Clements 2013:6 [ref. 32384], Knudsen & Clements 2013:9, 61[ref. 33031], Sakai & Nakabo 2014:[1] [ref. 33211], Knudsen & Clements 2015:1318 [ref. 34204], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259, 263 [ref. 34458], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther 1886). Kyphosidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Southern Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: brackish, marine.