aphanes, Rhinopias Eschmeyer [W. N.] in Eschmeyer, Hirosaki & Abe 1973:300, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 39 (no. 16); ref. 6390] New Caledonia, outside barrier reef facing Nouméa, depth 30 meters. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.7079. •Valid as Rhinopias aphanes Eschmeyer 1973 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:80 [ref. 15987], Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:88 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:80 [ref. 25919], Poss 1999:2332 [ref. 24796], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:166 [ref. 25191], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Randall 2005:119 [ref. 28239], Motomura & Johnson 2006:500 [ref. 28799], Allen et al. 2006:884 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31308]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias aphanes Eschmeyer 1973. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef (Australia), New Caledonia and Japan. Habitat: marine.