eschmeyeri, Rhinopias Condé [B.] 1977:19, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 7241] Mahébourg, Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MAN [formerly MZUVN] 10475. •Valid as Rhinopias eschmeyeri Condé 1977 -- (Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Fricke 1999:159 [ref. 24106], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Motomura & Johnson 2006:501 [ref. 28799], Shao et al. 2008:246 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2009:40 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:227 [ref. 31980], Prokofiev 2020:31 [27] [ref. 37917], Poss & Motomura 2022:528 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:245 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias eschmeyeri Condé 1977. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique, Seychelles, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Seychelles east to Vietnam and New Caledonia, north to Taiwan and southern Japan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.