Species that contain: Siganus and stellatus [ 4 ] records

laqueus, Siganus von Bonde [C.] 1934:451, Pl. 23 (fig. 4) [Annals of the Natal Museum v. 7 (pt 3); ref. 16466] West coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775), but as the valid Indian Ocean subspecies -- (Woodland 1990:78, 80 [ref. 19220], Fricke 1999:531 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Siganus laqueus von Bonde 1934 -- (Kuiter & Debelius 2001:175 [ref. 26232], Heemstra 2004:3338 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:409 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:105 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:349 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:29 [ref. 36883], Woodland 2022:213 [ref. 40143]). Current status: Valid as Siganus laqueus von Bonde 1934. Siganidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Singapore. Habitat: marine.

nuchalis, Amphacanthus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:140 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Red Sea. Syntypes: RMNH 1544 (1); SMF 3454 (1), 8101 (1), 8102 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1965:577 [ref. 19223]. Unneeded replacement name for Scarus stellatus Forsskål 1775 and Amphacanthus punctatus Rüppell 1829 (see Fricke 2008:54 [ref. 30182]); takes same types as those two species. •Objective synonym of Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:260 [ref. 29757], Woodland 1990:78, 80 [ref. 19220], Fricke 2008:54 [ref. 30182], Woodland 2022:215 [ref. 40143]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775). Siganidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

punctatus, Amphacanthus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:46, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 3454. Paralectotypes: RMNH 1544 (1); SMF 8101 (1), 8102 (1). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Amphacanthus punctatus Bloch & Schnieder 1801. Lectotype established by Dor 1984:260 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:260 [ref. 29757], Woodland 1990:78 [ref. 19220], Woodland 2022:215 [ref. 40143]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775). Siganidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

stellatus, Scarus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:26, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:54 [ref. 30182]. For problems of original genus see Woodland 1990:80 [ref. 19220]. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:531 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:260 [ref. 29757], Woodland 1986:824 [ref. 6299], Randall et al. 1990:439 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:78 [ref. 19220] and as a Red Sea subspecies stellatus, Goren & Dor 1994:69 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:549 [ref. 27969], Myers 1999:267 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:531 [ref. 24106], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:174 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3645 [ref. 26300], Allen & Adrim 2003:62 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377] as a subspecies, Kimura in Kimura & Matsuura 2009:299 [ref. 31172], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1013 [ref. 31980], DiBattista et al. 2015:22 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[17] 255 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:169 [ref. 36273], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 26 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:556 [ref. 37272], Woodland 2022:215 [ref. 40143]). Current status: Valid as Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775). Siganidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: brackish, marine.