diaspros, Stephanolepis Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1940:528, Fig. 4 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 5 (no. 30); ref. 17233] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: BMNH 1888.12.29.204. Paratypes: BMNH 1887.11.11.344-346 (3), plus BMNH (2). •Valid as Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner 1940 -- (Tortonese 1973:643 [ref. 7192], Dor 1984:280 [ref. 29757], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1338 [ref. 13677], Vanni 1993:11 [ref. 21841], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:397 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:238 [ref. 23922], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:156 [ref. 26753], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Dulĉić & Pallaoro 2003:321 [ref. 27524], Golani 2005:64 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:117 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:75 [ref. 36649], Zenetos et al. 2010:414 [ref. 31201], Matsuura 2014:13 [ref. 33576], Psomadakis et al. 2015:335 [ref. 34104], Moazzam & Osmany 2016:4 [ref. 39994], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[22] 260 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:180 [ref. 36273], Artüz & Fricke 2019:561 [ref. 36612], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36864], Eagderi et al. 2019:136 [ref. 37020], Kumar et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36793], Bariche & Fricke 2020:148 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:88 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:63 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:308 [ref. 39448] misidentified, Hutchins 2022:444 [ref. 40252]). Current status: Valid as Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner 1940. Monacanthidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to northwestern India; Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.