ciliatus, Holocentrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:333, 367, 370 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality [Mer des Indes, Indo-West Pacific]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8091. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:47 [ref. 20740], Bauchot et al. 1983:7 [ref. 11366]. Based on description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Valid as Scolopsis ciliata (Lacepède 1802) -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:175 [ref. 6441], Russell 1990:108 [ref. 19228], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:287 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:323 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:140 [ref. 23977], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:277 [ref. 25191], Russell 2001:3087 [ref. 26106], Béarez 2003:61 [ref. 27027], Randall 2005:284 [ref. 28239]). •Valid [correctly] as Scolopsis ciliata (Lacepède 1802) -- (Chen 1997:346 [ref. 23444], Myers 1999:158 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:852 [ref. 25086], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Nakabo 2002:852 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:104 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Barman & Mishra 2009:29 [ref. 37652], Shibukawa in Shibukawa & Motomura 2009:159 [ref. 31131], Allen & Erdmann 2012:486 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:350 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:92 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:167 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:485 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:201 [ref. 41223], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:83 [ref. 40682], Allen & Erdmann 2024:515 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Scolopsis ciliata (Lacepède 1802). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar, Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India) and Indonesia east to Caroline Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to southern Indonesia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.