Sebastiscus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:124 Masc. Sebastes marmoratus Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (type in parentheses). •Synonym of Sebastes Cuvier 1829, but a valid subgenus Sebastiscus -- (Barsukov & Chen 1978 [ref. 7010], Barsukov 1981 [ref. 5306], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:22 [ref. 15964]). •Valid as Sebastiscus Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Shimizu and Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:313 [ref. 6441], Poss 1999:2301 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:257 [ref. 25636], Kai et al. 2003:239 [ref. 27218], Allen et al. 2006:867 [ref. 29078], Morishita et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35907]). Current status: Valid as Sebastiscus Jordan & Starks 1904. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae.