Although Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) has been regarded as a valid species, several authors have suggested that it may be a junior synonym of Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Gunther 1860). Because the whereabouts of the holotype of C. staigeri is unknown, this study compared the original description of C. staigeri with two syntypes and 18 non-type specimens of C. nematophthalmus. It was confirmed that C. staigeri is conspecific with C. nematophthalmus, with the latter name having priority. Accordingly, Cymbacephalus parilis (McCulloch 1914), having been treated as a junior synonym of C. staigeri, becomes the valid name of the species, because no species having priority over C. parilis exist.

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Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) 和 Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther 1860) 的同义词，以及 Cymbacephalus parilis (McCulloch 1914) (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) 的有效性

尽管 Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) 被认为是一个有效的物种，但一些作者认为它可能是 Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Gunther 1860) 的次要同义词。由于C. staigeri 正模标本的下落不明，本研究将C. staigeri 的原始描述与C. nematophthalmus 的2 个同型和18 个非模式标本进行了比较。证实C. staigeri 与C. nematophthalmus 同种，后者名称优先。因此，Cymbacephalus parilis (McCulloch 1914) 被视为 C. staigeri 的次要同义词，成为该物种的有效名称，因为不存在优先于 C. parilis 的物种。