maculatus, Sargus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:65 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.82 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:223-224 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Wheeler 1958:223 [ref. 13434], Parenti 2004:2 [ref. 27605], Kottelat 2013:438 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Scatophagidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.