Species that contain: Oplegnathus and insignis [ 2 ] records

fasciatus, Oplegnathus Krøyer [H. N.] 1845:213 [Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Kjøbenhavn) (n. s.) v. 1; ref. 2689] San Lorenzo, Callao (Peru). Holotype: ZMUC P52499. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:69 [ref. 9588]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Oplegnathus by Scaradon fasciatus Temminck & Schlegel 1844. •In the synonymy of Oplegnathus insignis (Kner 1867) – (Henrik Carl, pers. comm. Feb. 2024). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Oplegnathus insignis (Kner 1867). Oplegnathidae. Habitat: marine.

insigne, Scarostoma Kner [R.] 1867:715 [7], Pl. 2 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 56; ref. 2645] West coast of South America. Original number of holotype: MGH 3748. •Valid as Oplegnathus insignis (Kner 1867) -- (Pequeño 1989:62 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:183 [ref. 22193], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:448 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:339 [ref. 24555], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:301 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Oplegnathus insignis (Kner 1867). Oplegnathidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.