lactomaculata, Scorpaena Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1945:400 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 35 (no. 12); ref. 2141] Near Mumbai, India. Holotype: ZSI. Paratypes: CAS-SU 14661 (1). Originally as lacto-maculata. •Valid as Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre 1945) -- (Randall 1995:111 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:137 [ref. 23922], Randall & Eschmeyer 2002:28 [ref. 25801], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Psomadakis et al. 2015:185 [ref. 34104], Eagderi et al. 2019:128 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36871] as cf. lacteomaculata, Poss & Motomura 2022:541 [ref. 39725], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:306 [ref. 40698]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre 1945). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf east to India. Habitat: marine.