smithi, Scorpaenodes Eschmeyer [W. N.] & Rama-Rao [K. V.] 1972:59, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 39 (no. 5); ref. 7611] Andaman Sea, off western Malaya, Andaman Islands, 5°45'N, 98°20'E, depth 40 fathoms. Holotype: BMNH 1929.6.12.6. Paratypes: BMNH 1929.6.12.7-15 (12), 1932.2.15.15-20 (6), 1933.8.11.4 (1), 1972.1.17.1-9 (9); CAS 13616 (4); NMS uncat. (10); USNM 206501 (4); ZMC P7978-81 (4), P7982-3 (2), P7991-2 (2), P79100-112 (13), P79113-132 (20); ZSI F6254/2 (1). See Das 2003:378 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Scorpaenodes smithi Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1972 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:450 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2306 [ref. 24796], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Greenfield & Matsuura 2002:976 [ref. 26507], Allen et al. 2006:888 [ref. 29066], Poss et al. 2010:242 [ref. 30744], Allen & Erdmann 2012:232 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:82 [ref. 32988] with 2nd author as Rao, Motomura et al. 2017:326 [ref. 35035], Kwik & Lim 2020:13 [ref. 38869], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:117 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:250 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenodes smithi Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1972. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Andaman Sea, Singapore, southern China, Arafura Sea and northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.