Species that contain: Pomacanthus and maculosus [ 12 ] records

amarus, Chaetodon asfur var. Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:220 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Mocha, Yemen, Red Sea. Unneeded replacement name for Chaetodon asfur caerulescens Forsskål 1775; see Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

arusa, Chaetodon Bonnaterre [J. P.] 1788:89 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P52402 (dry skin). Makes available the Chaetodon maculosus, arusa of Forsskål 1775:62 [ref. 1351]. •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775 ) -- (Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

aruset, Holacanthus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:528, 535 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P52402 (dry skin). Based on vernacular name 'L'Aruset' given by Bonnaterre 1788:89 [ref. 4940] for Chaetodon arusa. Unneeded replacement name for Chaetodon arusa Bonnaterre 1788. •Synonym of Holacanthus asfur (Forsskål 1775) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764]). •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]). • Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

caerulescens, Chaetodon asfur var. Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:61, xiii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Mocha (Al-Mukhā, Yemen, Red Sea). No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. Nomen oblitum according to Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

caerulescens, Holacanthus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:133 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 2834-35 (1, 1). Not an independent species description, but based on Chaetodon asfur caerulescens Forsskål 1775; see Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:171 [ref. 29757], Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

filamentosus, Pomacanthops Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:383, Pl. 4 (fig. A) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 89) (art. 46); ref. 4098] Tekomaji Island, Mozambique, ca. 10°40'S, 40°40'E, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 432. Paratypes: not researched. •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:171 [ref. 29757], Smith & Heemstra 1986:626 [ref. 5714], Randall 1995:255 [ref. 22896], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273], Heemstra 2022:440 [ref. 39850]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

haddaja, Holacanthus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:175 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. No types known. Unneeded replacement name for Chaetodon asfur caerulescens Forsskål 1775; see Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. H. heddaje is a misspelling. •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

ignatius, Holacanthus Playfair [R. L.] 1868:852, Pl. 41 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 14 Nov. 1867); ref. 14049] Seychelles. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.8.16.74. •Synonym of Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764]). •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall 1995:255 [ref. 22896]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Holacanthus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:133 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 426 (2). •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:171 [ref. 29757], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

maculosus, Chaetodon Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:xiii, 62 [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Lohajæ] Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P52402 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:68 [ref. 9588], Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. Originally Chaetodon maculosus, arusa on p. 62, Chaetodon maculosus on p. xiii. Available by indication (ICZN Art. 12.2.2) from p. xiii, with diagnosis from p. 62 (Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]). Authorship according to Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. Nomen protectum according to Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 33 [ref. 20847]. •Valid as Pomacanthops maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Klausewitz 1969:47 [ref. 39502]). •Valid as Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:187 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:171 [ref. 29757], Smith & Heemstra 1986:626 [ref. 5714], Randall 1988:2 [ref. 12862], Masuda & Senou 1994:5 [ref. 24337], Goren & Dor 1994:48 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:255 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:195 [ref. 23922], Senou 2001:2 [ref. 25720], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:283 [ref. 28072], Fricke 2008:45 [ref. 30182], Bariche 2010:31 [ref. 30715], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:427 [ref. 33460], Jawad et al. 2014:124 [ref. 34075], Psomadakis et al. 2015:292 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:336 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:118 [ref. 36262], Eagderi et al. 2019:94 [ref. 37020], Othman & Stern in Stern et al. 2019:446 [ref. 36863], Zajonz et al. 2019:84 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:135 [ref. 37515], Golani 2021:64 [ref. 38303] as maculates, Kovačić et al. 2021:61 [ref. 39014], Heemstra 2022:440 [ref. 39850], Zavala-Jiménez 2022:282 [ref. 39136] misidentified, Capapé et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40073]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and Persian Gulf east to Pakistan; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant); introduced in tropical Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

mokhella, Holacanthus Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:177 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMB 1313 (1, stuffed), 1314 (1, stuffed). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:143 [ref. 20718]. •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:171 [ref. 29757], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

striatus, Holacanthus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1836:32, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1436. Paralectotypes: SMF (2). •Valid as Pomacanthus striatus (Rüppell 1836) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:171 [ref. 29757], Smith & Heemstra 1986:626 [ref. 5714], Goren & Dor 1994:48 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall 1988:2 [ref. 12862], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:283 [ref. 28072], Golani & Fricke 2018:111 [ref. 36273], Heemstra 2022:440 [ref. 39850]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål 1775). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.