bellus, Brachirus Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:274, Pl. 10 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 2486] Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): FMNH 58783 [ex CM 7894]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:93 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:16 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Dendrochirus bellus (Jordan & Hubbs 1925) -- (Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:570 [ref. 27969], Shimizu & Hatooka 1997:3 [ref. 24377], Poss 1999:2312 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:568 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:276 [ref. 25636], Shinohara et al. 2001:314 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:568 [ref. 26001], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Matsunuma & Motomura 2013:5 [ref. 32776], Matsunuma et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35277], Matsunuma & Motomura 2019:[27] [ref. 36536]). Current status: Valid as Dendrochirus bellus (Jordan & Hubbs 1925). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, East China Sea, Taiwan, China and Vietnam. Habitat: marine.