amboinensis, Pteroidichthys Bleeker [P.] 1856:34 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia; Manado, Sulawesi. Lectotype: RMNH.PISC 5873. Paralectotypes: RMNH.PISC 5873 (1, head missing). Lectotype selected by Motomura & Kanade 2015:499 [ref. 34096]. •Valid as Pteroidichthys amboinensis Bleeker 1856 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1973:305 [ref. 6390], Dor 1984:85 [ref. 29757], Chen & Liu 1984:101 [ref. 13451], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:317 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Poss 1999:2306 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:572 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:276 [ref. 25636], Nakabo 2002:572 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Shinohara & Imamura 2004:65 [ref. 28198], Randall 2005:118 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:219 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:50 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2015:1 [ref. 33892], Motomura & Kanade 2015:499 [ref. 34096], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Matsumoto et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39596], Poss & Motomura 2022:527 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:238 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pteroidichthys amboinensis Bleeker 1856. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: India east to Philippines and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.