guttatus, Uranoscopus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:305 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Puducherry, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-3097. Appeared first as name only in Cuvier 1829:154 [ref. 995]. •Valid as Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier 1829 -- (Dor 1984:221 [ref. 29757], Brüss 1987:965 [ref. 9168], Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Goren & Dor 1994:58 [ref. 25356], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:42 [ref. 27712], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Mullasseri Sidharthan et al. 2017:29 [ref. 35142], Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36122], Golani & Fricke 2018:135 [ref. 36273], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Prokofiev 2021:674 [ref. 38659], Arnold 2022:324 [ref. 39949]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier 1829. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique) and southern India. Habitat: marine.