paradoxa, Fistularia Pallas [P. S.] 1770:32, Pl. 4 (fig. 6) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): apparently lost. Spelled Fistvlaria paradoxa in original description. •Valid as Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas 1770) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:85 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:411 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:71 [ref. 15987], Orr & Fritzsche 1993:172 [ref. 20312], Kuiter 1993:82 [ref. 23929], Senou 1994:5 [ref. 24341], Allen 1997:70 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:70 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:71 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:86 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:146 [ref. 24106], Fritzsche & Thiesfeld 1999:2263 [ref. 24793], Nakabo 2000:518 [ref. 25086], Fritzche in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:153 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:518 [ref. 26001], Orr et al. 2002:105 [ref. 26186], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:103 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:809 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2009:38 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2009:292 [ref. 30404], Satapoomin 2009:56 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:85 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:374 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:184 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2012:184 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:48 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36673], Moots 2022:430 [ref. 39722], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas 1770). Solenostomidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.