Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Acanthuriformes › Scatophagidae › Scatophagus

Aphia ID

276970

EASIN ID

R16818

LSID

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Rank

Species

Environment

WoRMS status

Accepted

Catalogue status

Checked & accepted

Last WoRMS sync

2 weeks ago

Name	Authority	Status	Reason
Name Chaetodon argus	Authority Linnaeus, 1766	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Chaetodon atromaculatus	Authority Bennett, 1830	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Chaetodon pairatalis	Authority Hamilton, 1822	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Ephippus argus	Authority (Linnaeus, 1766)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Sargus maculatus	Authority Gronow, 1854	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason synonym
Name Scatophagus aetatevarians	Authority De Vis, 1884	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus argus argus	Authority (Linnaeus, 1766)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus argus ocellata	Authority Klunzinger, 1880	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus bougainvillii	Authority Cuvier, 1831	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus maculatus	Authority (Gronow, 1854)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus ornatus	Authority Cuvier, 1831	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus purpurascens	Authority Cuvier, 1831	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus quadranus	Authority De Vis, 1882	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Scatophagus quadratus	Authority De Vis, 1882	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —

No approved references are linked to this taxon yet.

First Mediterranean record

2007

First country

Malta

NIS status

NIS

Establishment

Casual

Reference

No reference linked

EcAp sub-region	NIS status	Establishment	First record
Subregion Ionian Sea and Central Mediterranean	Nis status —	Establishment status Casual	First arrival year 2007
Subregion Aegean-Levantine Sea	Nis status —	Establishment status Unknown	First arrival year 2021

No country recorded.

CBD category	Subcategory	Type	Uncertainty
Category 2. Escape from Confinement	Subcategory 2.2: Escape from pet/aquarium/terrarium/garden/zoological collection	Pathway type Primary	Uncertainty N/A
Category 3. Transport - Stowaway	Subcategory 3.1: Shipping (ballast water, hull fouling, sediments)	Pathway type Primary	Uncertainty N/A

No occurrence has been recorded for this species yet.