cyanostigma, Scorpaena Bleeker [P.] 1856:400 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 353] Kajeli, Buru, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (6) RMNH 4756 (up to 6 of 9). •Valid as Scorpaena cyanostigma Bleeker 1856 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker 1856) -- (Dor 1984:84 [ref. 29757], Eschmeyer 1986:475 [ref. 5652], Winterbottom et al. 1989:21 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:84 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:22 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:88 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:84 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:100 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:163 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2344 [ref. 24796], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:579 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:579 [ref. 26001], Greenfield & Matsuura 2002:977 [ref. 26507], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:125 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:891 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2010:92 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:69 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:237 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:22 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36673], Rajan et al. 2021:4 [ref. 39508], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[32] [ref. 38565], Poss & Motomura 2022:545 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:255 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker 1856). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Mariana Islands and Phoenix Islands (Kiribati), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.