vaigiensis, Scorpaena Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:324, Pl. 58 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3045. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:13, 22 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Centrogenys vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:54 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:490 [ref. 12442], Hatooka et al. 1994:2 [ref. 24345], Allen 1997:82 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967], Gill 1999:2549 [ref. 24817], Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:682 [ref. 25086], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:282 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:682 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:47 [ref. 27510], Hoese 2006:1036 [ref. 28998], Allen & Erdmann 2012:311 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:104 [ref. 32988], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:37 [ref. 34319], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:137 [ref. 41223], Matsunuma & Johnson 2023:510 [ref. 40587], Allen & Erdmann 2024:331 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Centrogenys vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Centrogenyidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mauritius; Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.