macracanthus, Dactylopterus Bleeker [P.] 1855:449 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 16942] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2). •Valid as Dactyloptena macracanthus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:44 [ref. 25477] with genus as Dactyloptaenia, Paxton et al. 1989:480 [ref. 12442], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:221 [ref. 24016], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:582 [ref. 27969]). •Valid as Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker 1855) -- (Eschmeyer 1997:735 [ref. 22973], Poss & Eschmeyer 1999:2286 [ref. 24795], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:25 [ref. 27712], Paxton et al. 2006:864 [ref. 28995], Larson et al. 2013:79 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35490], Psomadakis et al. 2020:366 [ref. 37272], Karuppasamy et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 38964]). Current status: Valid as Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker 1855). Dactylopteridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.