lineatus, Scolopsis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:322, Pl. 60 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Small brackish rivers of Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia; Guébé Island. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7882 (2) Waigiou. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:12 [ref. 11366]. •Synonym of Scolopsis ghanam (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:146 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Scolopsis lineatus Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Russell 1990:112 [ref. 19228], Randall et al. 1990:206 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:140 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:206 [ref. 25919], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:277 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:143 [ref. 25480], Russell 2001:3088 [ref. 26106], Béarez 2003:61 [ref. 27027], Randall 2005:285 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Scolopsis lineata Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Chen 1997:347 [ref. 23444], Kuiter 1997:170 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:158 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:854 [ref. 25086], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:102 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:854 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:105 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1249 [ref. 29090], Barman & Mishra 2009:33 [ref. 37652], Motomura et al. 2010:124 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:486 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:93 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:45 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:167 [ref. 36673], Ota 2021:26 [ref. 38494], Koreeda et al. 2022:22 [ref. 39102], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40682]). Current status: Valid as Scolopsis lineata Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Nemipteridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Kochi Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.