cognatus, Uranoscopus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1003 [21] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Holotype: ?BMNH 1860.3.19.397a (left half skin). On p. 21 of separate. •Valid as Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor 1849 -- (Kailola 1971:129 [ref. 39475], Allen & Swainston 1988:126 [ref. 25477], Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:231 [ref. 24016], Allen 1997:204 [ref. 23977], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Kishimoto 2001:3528 [ref. 26287], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:42 [ref. 27712], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Bray & Hoese 2006:1513 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Larson et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32988], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Yoshida et al. 2013:181 [ref. 34464], Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36122], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:535 [ref. 37272], Prokofiev 2020:678 [ref. 37858], Yusoff et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38596], Prokofiev 2021:657 [ref. 38659], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:253 [ref. 41223], Vilasri et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor 1849. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: east coast of India east to Taiwan and Papua New Guinea, south to Shark Bay (Western Australia) and Gulf of Carpentaria (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.