Species that contain: Paramonacanthus and pusillus [ 6 ] records

cingalensis, Laputa Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1941:191, Fig. 5 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 8 (no. 45); ref. 1494] Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.8.23.4. •Valid as Laputa cingalensis Fraser-Brunner 1941 -- (Hutchins 1977:55 [ref. 2283]). •Valid as Paramonacanthus cingalensis (Fraser-Brunner 1941) -- (Hutchins 1986:885 [ref. 5673]). •Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Hutchins 1997:43 [ref. 23117], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:446 [ref. 28072], Hutchins 2022:440 [ref. 40252]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

falcatus, Paramonacanthus Kotthaus [A.] 1979:31, Fig. 481 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 28; ref. 8818] Off Perim, Yemen, Red Sea, 12°52'N, 43°19.8'E, Meteor station 76, depth 40 meters. Holotype: ZMH 5633. Paratypes: ZMH 5634-35 (14, 1). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:421 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Paramonacanthus falcatus Kotthaus 1979 -- (Dor 1984:280 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Hutchins 1997:43 [ref. 23117], Hutchins 2022:440 [ref. 40252]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

nipponensis, Monacanthus (Stephanolepis) Kamohara [T.] 1939:624, Fig. 1 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 51; ref. 21040] Off Mimase, near Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: BSKU (destroyed in 1945). Paratypes: BSKU (1, destroyed). Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:6 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Paramonacanthus nipponensis (Kamohara 1939) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Matsuura & Ikeda 1993:2 [ref. 24332], Lindberg et al. 1997:77 [ref. 23547]). •Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Hutchins 1997:43 [ref. 23117]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

pusillus, Monacanthus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:34 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 3488. Appeared first as name in synonymy, validated by Günther 1870:229 [ref. 1995]. •Valid as Pseudomonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Dor 1984:280 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Hutchins 1997:43 [ref. 23117], Fricke 1999:594 [ref. 24106], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1412 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3943 [ref. 26316] dated 1828, Nakabo 2002:1412 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830] dated 1828, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:446 [ref. 28072], Allen et al. 2006:1894 [ref. 29098], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1076 [ref. 31980], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:433 [ref. 33460], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Moazzam & Osmany 2016:3 [ref. 39994], Motomura et al. 2017:233 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:381 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:179 [ref. 36273], Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2018:307 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:613 [ref. 37272], Hutchins 2022:440 [ref. 40252]). Current status: Valid as Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Aden and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

umgazi, Laputa Smith [J. L. B.] 1949:402, Fig. 1138 [The sea fishes of southern Africa; ref. 5846] Umgazi River mouth, Transkei, South Africa, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 308. •Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Hutchins 1997:43 [ref. 23117]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

virgulatus, Rudarius Nalbant [T. T.] & Mayer [R. F.] 1975:240, Pl. 3 (figs. 10-13) [Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" v. 16; ref. 17766] Kunduchi, near Mbudya Island, Tanzania, depth 18 meters. Holotype (unique): MGAB 362. •Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Hutchins 1997:43 [ref. 23117]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.