fuscescens, Centrogaster Houttuyn [M.] 1782:333 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Japan [Nagasaki, Kyushu] No types known. See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. Kottelat (2013) records inland records in the Philippines by Herre and by Fowler & Bean. •Valid as Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:233 [ref. 7348], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:233 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:437 [ref. 15987], Woodland 1990:55 [ref. 19220], Kuiter 1993:376 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Adams & Woodland 1994:373 [ref. 23562], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:150 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:343 [ref. 26385], Larson & Williams 1997:372 [ref. 23967], Myers 1999:266 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1316 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:121 [ref. 25693], Shimizu 2001:42 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:150 [ref. 26232], Woodland 2001:3636 [ref. 26300], Nakabo 2002:1316 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:414, 669 [ref. 26218], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:198 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:600 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1724 [ref. 29090], Matsuura in Kimura & Matsuura 2009:297 [ref. 31172], Motomura et al. 2010:225 [ref. 31256], Larson et al. 2013:212 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:440 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:199 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:180 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Motomura et al. 2017:202 [ref. 35490], Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2018:271 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:297 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Azzurro & Tiralongo 2020:449 [ref. 38039], Kim et al. 2020:177 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:554 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:109 [ref. 37637], Kovačić et al. 2021:61 [ref. 39014], Taki et al. 2021:397 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn 1782). Siganidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar and Indonesia east to Pohnpei (Caroline Islands), New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Korea and central Japan, south to Fremantle (Western Australia), Nadgee (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia; invasive in Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: marine.
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