papillosus, Synanceia Schneider [J. G.] & Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:196 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Matatuahu Point, Tawharanui Peninsula, Hauraki Gulf, North Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, 36°23'S, 174°49'E, depth 0 - 5 meters [New Zealand]. Neotype: NMNZ P.028043. Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:[15] [ref. 36159]. Name attributable to Schneider, description taken from Forster manuscript (reproduced in Lichtenstein 1844:128-130 [ref. 17531] as "Scorpaena cottoides"). Genus spelled Synanceja on p. 195 but corrected in Corrigenda. Neotype designated by Wibowo & Motomura 2020:543 [ref. 37777]. •Valid as Scorpaena papillosa (Schneider & Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1982:438 [ref. 23678], Paxton et al. 1989:448 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:168 [ref. 24556] as papillosus, Paulin & Roberts 1992:137 [ref. 24625], Kuiter 1993:120 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:491 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:86 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Randall & Greenfield 2004:393 [ref. 27899], Motomura et al. 2005:867 [ref. 28254], Motomura et al. 2005:29 [ref. 28339], Allen et al. 2006:885 [ref. 29066] with authors as Boch & Schneider, Johnson & Motomura 2008:488 [ref. 30648], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1099 [ref. 34285], Fricke et al. 2018:[15] [ref. 36159], Wibowo & Motomura 2020:528 [ref. 37777], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[19] [ref. 38565]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena papillosa (Schneider & Forster 1801). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: southeastern Australia, from Port Jackson, New South Wales (33°S) to the south coast of Tasmania (43°S) [subspecies ergastulorum], and [subspecies papillosa]: New Zealand, from the Three Kings Islands (34°S) to the Camp-bell Plateau and Auckland Islands (48°S). Habitat: marine.