lunulata, Pterois Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:45, Pl. 19 (figs. 1, 3) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D602 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D603 (1, stuffed), 666 (3); ZMB 799 (1) Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:269 [ref. 19946]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:55 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:93 [ref. 15964], Kim & Lee 1993:471 [ref. 39487], Chen et al. 1997:166 [ref. 26476] dated 1842, Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:129 [ref. 23963], Poss 1999:2329 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:569 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:275 [ref. 25636], Nakabo 2002:569 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:242, 558 [ref. 26218], Allen et al. 2006:879 [ref. 29002], Allen & Erdmann 2008:128 [ref. 29479], Motomura et al. 2010:89 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Kim et al. 2020:93 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:44 [ref. 37637], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam and southern China east to Philippines, north to Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.