Species that contain: Siganus and javus [ 3 ] records

brevirostris, Teuthis Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:142 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Near Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: BMNH 1853.11.12.30 (skin). . Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:231 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. Lectotype selected by Kottelat (2013:441 [ref. 32989]); makes brevirostris a junior synonym of Siganus javus. •Synonym of Siganus javus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Wheeler 1958:231 [ref. 13434], Dor 1984:260 [ref. 29757], Woodland 1990:67 [ref. 19220], Kottelat 2013:441 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Siganus javus (Linnaeus 1766). Siganidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

javanus, Acanthurus Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:29 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Unjustified emendation of Teuthus javus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Siganus javus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Allen et al. 2006:1725 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2013:441 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Siganus javus (Linnaeus 1766). Siganidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

javus, Teuthis Linnaeus [C.] 1766:507 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Near Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: BMNH 1853.11.12.30 (skin). Spelled java in Gmelin 1789:1362 [ref. 18139]. Type apparently lost (see Woodland 1990:69 [ref. 19220] but Wheeler 1958:231-232 [ref. 13434] found a syntype). Based on multiple sources including the 'Hepatus cauda fronteque inermibus' of Gronow 1763:113 [ref. 1910], which was based on the 'Leervisch' and the 'Ikan Batoe Badoeri' (Acanthurus sp.) of Valentyn 1726:339, 476, fig. 410 [ref. 30358] [Onrust Island, Batavia, Java, Indonesia], the 'Fiatola' of Rondelet 1554:257 [ref. 30354] [Rome, Italy, Mediterranean Sea], and the 'Stromateus' of Rondelet 1554:157 [ref. 30354] [Rome, Italy, Mediterranean Sea]. Originally based on multiple species, now restricted to the Indo-Pacific species (part, from Java, Indonesia) based on the extant syntype out of the Gronow collection. Lectotype designated by Kottelat (2013:441 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Siganus javus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Dor 1984:260 [ref. 29757], Randall et al. 1990:437 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:67 [ref. 19220], Kottelat et al. 1993:157 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:69 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:384 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:546 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:224 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:372 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:219 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:376 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:437 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:28 [ref. 23611], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:187 [ref. 25703], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:157 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3638 [ref. 26300], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:44 [ref. 27712], Allen et al. 2006:1725 [ref. 29090], Matsuura in Kimura & Matsuura 2009:298 [ref. 31172], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1009 [ref. 31980], Psomadakis et al. 2012:18 [ref. 33457], Larson et al. 2013:213 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:441 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:200 [ref. 34464], Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2015:84 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:305 [ref. 34104], Suresh et al. 2018:300 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:110 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:555 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:397 [ref. 39830], Corsini-Foka & Zava 2022:289 [ref. 39854], Woodland 2022:213 [ref. 40143], Hasan et al. 2023:2212 [ref. 40412], Vilasri et al. 2023:93 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Siganus javus (Linnaeus 1766). Siganidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Vanuatu, north to southern China, south to northern Australia. Invasive in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.