Family Scatophagidae - Scats
  Order
:
Scatophagidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 2 | Species : 4 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
some
  First Fossil Record
:
lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Compressed and deep-bodied like butterflyfishes. Mouth non-protrusible. Pelvics with axillary process. Deep notch on dorsal fin. First spine in dorsal fin procumbent. Spines in anal fin 4. Sixteen branched rays in caudal fin. Vertebrae 23 (11 + 12). To about 35 cm maximum length. Feed on algae and feces. Commonly kept in freshwater aquaria.
  Etymology
:
Greek, skatos = excrement + Greek, phagein = to eat ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
normal
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | incertae | | | Scatophagidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Scatophagidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon argus Linnaeus, 1766
synonymseniororiginal
Ephippus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
Scatophagus argus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
Chaetodon pairatalis Hamilton, 1822
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Scatophagus ornatus Cuvier, 1831
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Sargus maculatus Gronow, 1854
synonymjuniororiginal
Scatophagus maculatus (Gronow, 1854)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
! Scatophagus quadranus De Vis, 1882
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon tetracanthus Lacepède, 1802
synonymseniororiginal
Cacodoxus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
synonymseniornew
Ephippus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Selenotoca multifasciatus (Richardson, 1846)
synonymseniornew
Scatophagus tetracanthus (non Lacepède, 1802)
misappliedmisappliednew
Selenotoca papuensis Fraser-Brunner, 1938
acceptedseniororiginal
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