inermis, Scolopsides Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:63, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D337 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D334-D336 (1, 1, 1, stuffed), 853 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:69 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Scolopsis inermis (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:138 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:92 [ref. 19754], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:175 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:146 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:509, 688 [ref. 8056], Chen et al. 1997:100 [ref. 26476] dated 1844). •Valid as Parascolopsis inermis (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Russell 1990:71 [ref. 19228], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Russell 1996:64 [ref. 22469], Russell & Chin 1996:418 [ref. 22753], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:318 [ref. 27969] with author as Schlegel, Nakabo 2000:851 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:326 [ref. 25995], Russell 2001:3082 [ref. 26106], Nakabo 2002:851 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:345, 618 [ref. 26218], Naik et al. 2002:76 [ref. 26716], Shinohara et al. 2005:435 [ref. 28370], Barman & Mishra 2009:21 [ref. 37652], Nair et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34793], Motomura et al. 2017:149 [ref. 35490], Kim et al. 2020:133 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:483 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:70 [ref. 37637], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:199 [ref. 41223], Russell 2022:334 [ref. 39836], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:74 [ref. 40682]). Current status: Valid as Parascolopsis inermis (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lakshadweep (India), Sri Lanka, Myanmar; southern China to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.