Caligus russellii Kurien, 1950

Kurien (1950) described C. russellii as new a species of Caligus taken from the scorpionfish, Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 at Trivandrum in India. However, Kurian (1949) had previously described the same specimens as new, under the name Caligus pterois . The description was published as an abstract in the proceedings of the 35th Indian Science Congress held in Patna in 1948, but it satisfies the “criteria to be met” to be regarded as validly published under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Article 8.1) and it cannot be classified as “issued primarily to participants at” the congress (see Article 9.9) since it was published after the congress took place. Given that the first description contained the name and sufficient description to characterise the taxon, the name Caligus pterois Kurian, 1949 has priority and Caligus russellii Kurien, 1950 is here treated as a junior objective synonym.

Locality Host —Family: Species Record as Caligus robustus

Trincomalee, Sri Carangidae: Caranx affinis (Cuvier, 1833) Bassett-Smith (1898)

Lanka Carangidae: Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) as Caranx djedaba Scombridae: Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) as Thynnus macropterus

Aden Carangidae: Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) as Caranx rottleri

West Indies Haemulidae: Haemulon aureolineatum Cuvier, 1833, as Bathystoma Wilson (1913) rimator

Carangidae: Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)

Mauritania Carangidae: Caranx sp. (? C. hippos) Brian (1924) Soleidae: Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) as Solea vulgaris

Gulf of Mexico Carangidae: Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) Bere (1936) Carangidae: Caranx crysos as Paratractus crysos

Texas, USA Carangidae: Caranx hippos Causey (1953) Carangidae: Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Trivandrum, India Carangidae: Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) as Caranx sansun Pillai (1963) Carangidae: Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833

Colombo, Sri Lanka Carangidae: Caranx melampygus Kirtisinghe (1964)

Belize Carangidae: Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833) Cressey (1991)

Carangidae: Caranx crysos as Carangoides chrysos

Carangidae: Caranx hippos

Carangidae: Caranx ruber (Bloch, 1793)

Lutjanidae: Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792)

Florida, USA Carangidae: Caranx hippos

Philippines & Celebes Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Carangidae: Alectis spp.

Borneo Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus

Tutuila Island Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus

Revilligidado Island Carangidae: Caranx melampygus

Taiwan Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus Ho & Lin (2007)

as Caligus oligoplitisi

Brazil Carangidae: Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) Carvalho (1956)

as Caligus validus

Texas, USA Carangidae: Caranx crysos Pearse (1952) as Caligus mercatoris

Western Sahara Haemulidae: Plectorhinchus mediterraneus (Guichenot, 1850) as Capart (1941) Plectorhynchus mediterraneus

Guinea Trichiuridae: Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758