After Nelson, 1994, and Frickhinger, 1995, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Scatophagidae (arguskalat; scats)
   |-- Selenotoca [not recognized by the FishBase]
   `--o Scatophagus M. Eoc. Mioc. Eu. R. Oc.
      |-- †S. frontalis
      |-- S. argus (Linnaeus, 1766) (arguskala; Spotted scat)
      |-- S. multifasciatus Richardson, 1846 (Spotbanded scat)
      |-- S. papuensis (Fraser-Brunner, 1938)
      `-- S. tetracanthus (Lacépède, 1802) (Scatty)

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