bimaculatus, Scolopsis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1828:8, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 2229 (1), 3038 (1, dry), 17033-34 (2), 17517 (1, skeleton). Gender of genus is female, so correct name is bimaculata. •Valid as Scolopsis bimaculatus Rüppell 1828 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:136 [ref. 19756], Dor 1984:145 [ref. 29757], Russell 1986:601 [ref. 5708], Russell 1990:107 [ref. 19228], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:217 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:186 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:99 [ref. 26476], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:37 [ref. 27712], Ali et al. 2018:330 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:95 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36871]). •Valid as Scolopsis bimaculata Rüppell 1828 -- (Barman & Mishra 2009:28 [ref. 37652] with author as Ruppell, Psomadakis et al. 2015:270 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:211 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:91 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Russell 2022:337 [ref. 39836], Zajonz et al. 2022:201 [ref. 40522], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:81 [ref. 40682]). Current status: Valid as Scolopsis bimaculata Rüppell 1828. Nemipteridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Sri Lanka and Bay of Bengal (India). Habitat: marine.