Species that contain: Thamnaconus and modestus [ 6 ] records

maximowiczi, Monacanthus Herzenstein [S. M.] 1896:9 [Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 2151] Hakodate, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan, Tsuruga Strait, western North Pacific. Holotype (unique): ZIN 10258. •Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:87 [ref. 23547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:201 [ref. 35257]). Current status: Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

modestus, Monacanthus Günther [A.] 1877:446 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56); ref. 2009] Inland Sea, Japan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.383. Also described as new as Monocanthus modestus in Günther 1880:73 [ref. 2011]. •Valid as Navodon modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Wang et al. 2001:332 [ref. 26566]). •Valid as Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:360 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:629, 744 [ref. 8056], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:617 [ref. 27969], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:1407 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:184 [ref. 25987], Kolpakov & Barabanshchikov 2001:423 [ref. 25413], Shimizu 2001:46 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1407 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:448, 694 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S33 [ref. 28536], Shinohara et al. 2005:444 [ref. 28370], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Matsuura 2014:13 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:551 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:201 [ref. 35257], Kim et al. 2020:199 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38804]). Current status: Valid as Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China to Korea and Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nigromaculosus, Cantherines Tanaka [S.] 1912:144, Pls. 38 (145), 39 (148), 40 (155) [Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan v. 8; ref. 14901] Tokyo market, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 3340 (lost). Description concluded in v. 9 (p. 15) [ref. 6034]. •Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:87 [ref. 23547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:201 [ref. 35257]). Current status: Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

poljakowi, Monacanthus Herzenstein [S. M.] 1896:8 [Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 2151] Yokohama, Japan. Syntypes: ZIN 10140 (2). •Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:86 [ref. 23547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:201 [ref. 35257]). Current status: Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

tessellatus, Monacanthus Günther [A.] 1880:54, Pl. 23 (fig. B) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Philippines, Challenger station 204, depth 115 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.390 [or 395]. •Synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:88 [ref. 23547]). •Valid as Thamnaconus tessellatus (Günther 1880) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:361 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:631, 745 [ref. 8056], Matsuura & Tachikawa 1994:139 [ref. 21905], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:193 [ref. 23219], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1408 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3947 [ref. 26316], Nakabo 2002:1408 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:448, 694 [ref. 26218] as tesselatus, Allen et al. 2006:1900 [ref. 29098], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:13 [ref. 33576], Motomura et al. 2017:234 [ref. 35490], Park et al. 2017:278 [ref. 36313], Kim et al. 2020:199 [ref. 39118]). Current status: Valid as Thamnaconus tessellatus (Günther 1880). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

unicornus, Balistes Basilewsky [S.] 1855:263 [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Shantung, China. Holotype or syntypes: ZIN 5612 (1). •Questionably a synonym of Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877) -- (Parin 2003:S33 [ref. 28536] as unicornu, Parin et al. 2014:551 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Uncertain as Thamnaconus modestus (Günther 1877). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.