Scorpaenichthys Girard [C. F.] 1854:131 Masc. Hemitripterus marmoratus Ayres 1854. Type by monotypy. See Lea & Eschmeyer 1988 [ref. 12249] and Opinion 1583 in Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]; genus name on Official List with type species as given above. Correct spelling of the genus of the type species is Hemitripterus. •Valid as Scorpaenichthys Girard 1854 -- (Washington et al. 1984:443 [ref. 13660], Yabe 1985:111 [ref. 11522], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:400 [ref. 25968], Pietsch & Orr 2015:44 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenichthys Girard 1854. Jordaniidae.