Species that contain: Pervagor and janthinosoma [ 3 ] records

janthinosoma, Monacanthus Bleeker [P.] 1854:504 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 344] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): apparently lost. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.140 (1, 87 mm TL). •Valid as Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker 1854) -- (Hutchins 1986:20 [ref. 19371], Allen & Swainston 1988:152 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:68 [ref. 13251] with question, Randall et al. 1990:465 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:133 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:398 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:242 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:465 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:286 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:595 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1410 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:461 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:277 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:270 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3943 [ref. 26316], Hutchins 2002:213 [ref. 26078], Nakabo 2002:1410 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:223 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:637 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1895 [ref. 29098], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1077 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:272 [ref. 32706], Matsuura 2014:12 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:381 [ref. 35805], Hoschke et al. 2019:161 [ref. 36626], Hutchins 2022:442 [ref. 40252]). Current status: Valid as Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker 1854). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia) and Tonga, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Seal Rocks (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.

nitens, Monacanthus Hollard [H. L. G. M.] 1854:364, Pl. 14 (fig. 4 = fig. 12) [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4) v. 2; ref. 18301] Tongatapu, Tonga Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2050. Type catalog: Beaunier et al. 2009:292 [ref. 28887]. •Valid as Pervagor nitens (Hollard 1854) -- (Hutchins 1977:56 [ref. 2283]). •Questionably a synonym of Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker 1854) -- (Hutchins 1986:20 [ref. 19371]). •Synonym of Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker 1854) -- (Hutchins 2002:213 [ref. 26078], Allen et al. 2006:1895 [ref. 29098], Beaunier et al. 2009:292 [ref. 28887]). Current status: Synonym of Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker 1854). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

scanleni, Pervagor Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:221, Fig. 3 [South African Journal of Science v. 53 (no. 8); ref. 12171] Port Alfred, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 330. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 850-852 (1, 1, 1). •Synonym of Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker 1854) -- (Hutchins 1986:20 [ref. 19371]). •Synonym of Pervagor melanocephalus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Hutchins 1986:886 [ref. 5673]). Current status: Synonym of Pervagor melanocephalus (Bleeker 1853). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.