persicus, Callionymus Regan [C. T.] 1905:325, Pl. 3(C) (fig. 1) [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 16; ref. 15386] Mekran coast and Muscat, Oman, Persian Gulf, northwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (12) BMNH 1898.6.29.142-143 (3), 1899.5.8.91-92 (now 1, 1 missing), 1901.1.30.77 (1), 1904.5.25.207-212 (6). Non-types: BMNH 1887.6.8.1-3 and 1887.6.8.5 (4) Jask, 1887.6.8.4 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1982:69 [ref. 5432]. •Valid as Callionymus persicus Regan 1905 -- (Fricke 1982:69 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:416 [ref. 8349], Dor 1984:236 [ref. 29757], Randall 1995:353 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:212 [ref. 23922], Fricke 2002:36 [ref. 26547], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33442], Golani & Fricke 2018:145 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:45 [ref. 37020], Fricke & Anderson 2022:456 [ref. 39659]). Current status: Valid as Callionymus persicus Regan 1905. Callionymidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Oman and Persian Gulf to Comoros, Seychelles and Maldives. Habitat: marine.