brachyptera, Pterois Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:368 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Unknown locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6565. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:8 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Dor 1984:85 [ref. 29757], Eschmeyer 1986:465 [ref. 5652], Allen & Swainston 1988:48 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:440 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:78 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:116 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:76 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:92 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:78 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:100 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2313 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:568 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:162 [ref. 25191], Mandrytsa 2001:276 [ref. 25636], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:568 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:115 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:878 [ref. 29002], Fricke et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:88 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:218 [ref. 31980], Matsunuma & Motomura 2013:5 [ref. 32776], Larson et al. 2013:81 [ref. 32988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:112 [ref. 36167], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1091 [ref. 34285], Matsunuma et al. 2017:[21] [ref. 35277], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma & Motomura 2019:[27] [ref. 36536], Kwik & Lim 2020:15 [ref. 38869], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:113 [ref. 41223]). •Valid as Neochirus brachyptera (Cuvier 1829) -- (Chou et al. 2023:5 [ref. 41366], Allen & Erdmann 2024:236 [ref. 40796] as brachypterus). Current status: Valid as Neochirus brachyptera (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.