temporalis, Scolopsides Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:341 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Waigeo, Indonesia; New Guinea; Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7872 (1) New Guinea, 0000-7876 (1) Waigeo, 0000-7877 (1) Vanikoro. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:11 [ref. 11366]. •Valid as Scolopsis temporalis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Russell 1990:119 [ref. 19228], Allen 1997:140 [ref. 23977], Russell 2001:3088 [ref. 26106], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Béarez 2003:61 [ref. 27027], Randall 2005:285 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2014:93 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:169 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2024:518 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Scolopsis temporalis (Cuvier 1830). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and New Guinea east to Fiji, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.