Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Spotted Scat

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3a0aef0e-486d-43f9-928a-397f49260235

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Scatophagus argus
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats
 Marine Habitats
 Terrestrial Habitats

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Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Scatophagus argus

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Chaetodon argus Linnaeus, 1766
Published in: Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 pp. 1327 & 36 pp.
Scatophagus argus ocellata Klunzinger, 1880
Published in: Klunzinger, C.B. 1880. Die von Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische in Stuttgart. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Vol. 80 (1) pp. 325-430 pls 1-9
Scatophagus aetatevarians De Vis, 1884
Published in: De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 2. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 9 (3) pp. 453-462
Scatophagus quadranus De Vis, 1884
Published in: De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 2. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 9 (3) pp. 453-462

Common Names

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Spotted Scat
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Argus Fish
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Butter Fish
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Mia Mia
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Spotted Butter Fish
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Argustfish
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Butterfish
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Common Scat
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Leopard Scat
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Scat
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Spadefish
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Spotted Butt
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Spotted Butter-fish
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Spotted Scad
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Tiger Butterfish
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Tiger Scat
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
ACANTHUROIDEI
family
SCATOPHAGIDAE
genus
Scatophagus
species
Scatophagus argus  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

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