Species that contain: Siganus and argenteus [ 5 ] records

argenteus, Amphacanthus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:368, Pl. 62 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN A-7043 (4) Guam, MNHN A-7454 (9) and MNHN A-7455 (10) Mariana Is., and presumably RMNH 1536 (3) Mariana Is. Type catalog: Bauchot 1965:571 [ref. 19223]. See Okamoto et al. 2001:5 [ref. 25499], •Valid as Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Dor 1984:259 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:232 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:435 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:38 [ref. 19220], Goren & Dor 1994:69 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:384 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:376 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:435 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:266 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:530 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:29 [ref. 25829], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1315 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:440 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:263 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Randall & Earle 2000:21 [ref. 25806], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:158 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3632 [ref. 26300], Nakabo 2002:1315 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:646 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:197 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:409 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:599 [ref. 28239], Randall & Kulbicki 2005:186 [ref. 28257], Fricke et al. 2009:105 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:225 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1007 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:179 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:98 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:348 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:168 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:297 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36871], Abdelghani et al. 2020:[2] [ref. 37783], Psomadakis et al. 2020:553 [ref. 37272], Woodland 2022:211 [ref. 40143], Zajonz et al. 2022:234 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Siganidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia); eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

mertensii, Amphacanthus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:150 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] No locality [probably Caroline Islands]. No types known, based on a figure. Type catalog: Bauchot 1965:576 [ref. 19223]. •Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Woodland 1990:38 [ref. 19220]). Current status: Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Siganidae. Habitat: marine.

oligosticta, Teuthis Kner [R.] 1868:30 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 58 (nos 1-2); ref. 6074] Kanathia, Viti, Fiji Islands. Lectotype: ZMH H466 [ex MGH 5909]. Paralectotypes: ZMH H467 [ex MGH 5909] (1). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:410 [ref. 21161]. Type catalog and lectotype designation (Ladiges 1958:171 [ref. 19182]). Appeared in more detail in Kner 1868:345 [p. 53 of separate], Pl. 7 (fig. 23) [ref. 2646]. •Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Woodland 1990:38 [ref. 19220]). Current status: Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Siganidae. Habitat: marine.

rostratus, Amphacanthus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:158 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Possible types: ZMB 1701 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1965:577 [ref. 19223]. Based on Ehrenberg drawing. •Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Dor 1984:259 [ref. 29757], Randall et al. 1990:435 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:38 [ref. 19220], Randall 1995:384 [ref. 22896], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:263 [ref. 25480], Woodland 2001:3632 [ref. 26300], Randall 2005:599 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2018:349 [ref. 35805], Woodland 2022:211 [ref. 40143]). Current status: Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Siganidae. Habitat: marine.

vitianus, Teuthis Sauvage [H.-E.] 1882:173 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 6; ref. 3894] Fiji Islands. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1965:576 [ref. 19223]. •Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Woodland 1990:38 [ref. 19220]). Current status: Synonym of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Siganidae. Habitat: marine.