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], Allen & Erdmann 2024:201 [ref. 40796], Benjamin et al. 2024:[2] [ref. 41442]). 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 New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.