frondosa, Scorpaena Günther [A.] 1892:482, Pl. 39 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 4); ref. 14509] Mauritius [Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1891.4.30.3. •Valid as Rhinopias frondosa (Günther 1892) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1973 [ref. 6390], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:471 [ref. 5652], Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Myers 1999:97 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:159 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2333 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:573 [ref. 25086], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Shinohara et al. 2001:313 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:573 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Motomura & Johnson 2006:508 [ref. 28799], Fricke et al. 2009:40 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:228 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:133 [ref. 35805], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:117 [ref. 41223], Poss & Motomura 2022:528 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:245 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias frondosa (Günther 1892). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), north to Philippines and Japan. Habitat: marine.