Species that contain: Ostracion and ornatus [ 2 ] records

ornatus, Ostracion Hollard [H. L. G. M.] (ex Guichenot) 1857:166 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 7; ref. 18303] Marquesas Islands. Syntypes: MNHN -1729 (1) Marquesas, B-1730 (1), B-1731 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1961:277 [ref. 21439] with B.1729 as holotype. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Ostracion (Aracana) ornata Gray 1838, replaced by Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. •Synonym of Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. Ostraciidae. Habitat: marine.

whitleyi, Ostracion Fowler [H. W.] 1931:366 [Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. v. 11 (no. 5); ref. 16277] Marquesas Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Replacement name for Ostracion ornatus Hollard 1856, preoccupied by Ostracion (Aracana) ornata Gray 1838. •Valid as Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931 -- (Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Randall 2005:642 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:532 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:487 [ref. 30952], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Ostracion whitleyi Fowler 1931. Ostraciidae. Distribution: Central and South Pacific: Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago. Habitat: marine.