bleekeri, Pterois Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1884:200 [32], Pl. 6 (figs. 1-1a) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 49 (1. Abth.); ref. 4248] Tokyo, Japan. Syntypes: MZS 892 (1); NMW 75648 (1). Type information (MZS) from Amaoka & Fujii 1999:151 [ref. 26515]. •Valid as Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein 1884) -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1978:68 [ref. 6386], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:569, 718 [ref. 8056], Chen et al. 1997:166 [ref. 26476] dated 1844, Poss 1999:2306 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:567 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:276 [ref. 25636], Nakabo 2002:567 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:242, 559 [ref. 26218], Allen & Erdmann 2012:219 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:81 [ref. 32988], Iwamoto & McCosker 2014:286 [ref. 33298], Matsunuma & Motomura 2015:300 [ref. 33570], Matsunuma & Motomura 2015:[9] [ref. 33899]). Current status: Valid as Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein 1884). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Australia to Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Vanuatu (few records inbetween). Habitat: marine.