found: Work cat.: Spawning induction and pond culture of the spotted scat (Scatophagus argus Linnaeus) in the Philippines, 1988:p. 1 (Spotted scat are also called scat, spadefish, spotted spadefish, butterfish, and spotted butterfish)
found: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, via WWW, July 30, 2007(Scatophagus argus. Synonyms: Cacodoxus argus; Chaetodon argus; Chaetodon atromaculatus; Ephippus argus; Scatophagus argus argus; Scatophagus argus atromaculatus. Vernacular names: argusfish; scat; spotted scat)
found: FishBase, via WWW, July 30, 2007(Scatophagus argus, Spotted scat. Synonyms: Scatophagus argus argus; Chaetodon argus; Ephippus argus; Chaetodon pairatalis; Chaetodon atromaculatus; Scatophagus bougainvillii; Scatophagus ornatus; Scatophagus purpurascens; Scatophagus maculatus; Scatophagus argus ocellata; Scatophagus aetatevarians; Scatophagus quadranus. Common names: Argus fish; Butterfish; Common scat; Leopard scat; Scat; Spotted butter fish; Spotted butterfish; Spotted scad)
found: World fishes important to North Americans, 1991:p. 121 (Scatophagus argus, spotted scat. Other names: leopard scat, spotted butterfish, common scat, argus fish)
found: Codes for Australian aquatic biota, via WWW, July 30, 2007(Scientific Name and Authority: Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766). Family: Scatophagidae (scats). Standard Name: Spotted Scat. Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Butterfish. Organism Type: a scat)
found: Annotated checklists of fishes, no. 36 (2004), via WWW, viewed July 30, 2007:p. 2 (Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus 1766). Synonyms: Chaetodon argus, Chaetodon pairatalis, Chaetodon atromaculatus, Scatophagus purpurascens, Scatophagus ornatus, Scatophagus bougainvillii, Sargus maculatus, Scatophagus argus var. ocellata, Scatophagus aetatevarians, Scatophagus quadranus)