tinkhami, Scorpaena Fowler [H. W.] 1946:208, Fig. 72 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: ANSP 72081 (with paratypes). Paratypes: ANSP 72082 (1), 72803 (1, missing). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:153 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Scorpaena tinkhami Fowler 1946 -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:317 [ref. 6389]). •Valid as Scorpaenopsis tinkhami (Fowler 1946) -- (Fricke et al. 2014:53 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler 1946) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Randall et al. 1997:504 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:164 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2346 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:170 [ref. 25191], Nakabo 2000:579 [ref. 25086], Randall & Earle 2000:10 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:579 [ref. 26001], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:892 [ref. 29066], Shao et al. 2008:246 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:238 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Arndt & Fricke 2019:28 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:104 [ref. 36673], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[35] [ref. 38565], Poss & Motomura 2022:548 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:256 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:86 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler 1946). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); Christmas Island (Australia); eastern Coral Sea, Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), Rotuma, Fiji and Wake Atoll east to Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.