macrura, Pterois Alcock [A. W.] 1896:303 [3], Pl. 18 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3); ref. 91] Malabar Coast off Calicut, Investigator station 123, depth 45 fathoms. Lectotype: ZSI 13828. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1900.1.21.1 (1), ZSI F13823-27 (5). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:155 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148]. On p. 3 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 18 (fig. 4) [ref. 20534]. Lectotype selected by Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[21] [ref. 38848]. •Valid as Parapterois macrura (Alcock 1896) -- (Mandrytsa 2001:276 [ref. 25636], Motomura 2004:1 [ref. 27693], Matsunuma et al. 2013:50 [ref. 33131], Psomadakis et al. 2015:183 [ref. 34104], Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[18] [ref. 38848], Poss & Motomura 2022:514 [ref. 39725], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:299 [ref. 40698]). Current status: Valid as Parapterois macrura (Alcock 1896). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia and southern Oman east to Pakistan and southern India. Habitat: marine.