caninus, Scolopsides Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:354 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Doreh, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7865. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:10 [ref. 11366]. •Valid as Pentapodus caninus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Russell 1990:83 [ref. 19228], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:319 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:140 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:157 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:847 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Russell 2001:3084 [ref. 26106], Nakabo 2002:847 [ref. 26001], Kishimoto et al. 2002:4 [ref. 26569], Russell 2001:56 [ref. 26651], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:103 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:283 [ref. 28239], Motomura & Harazaki 2007:24 [ref. 29491], Motomura et al. 2010:124 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:480 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:92 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2018:87 [ref. 36276], Fricke et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36673], Muto in Motomura et al. 2021:34 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:199 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:509 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pentapodus caninus (Cuvier 1830). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.