sumptuosa, Scorpaena Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:17 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Fremantle, Western Australia. Syntypes: MNHN A-4409 (1, dry), B-2570 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:17 [ref. 20738] as somptuosa with a holotype, Fricke et al. 2018:[16] [ref. 36159]. •Valid as Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau 1875 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:449 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:492 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:86 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Motomura et al. 2005:867 [ref. 28254], Motomura et al. 2005:29 [ref. 28339], Motomura et al. 2006:367 [ref. 28789], Allen et al. 2006:886 [ref. 29066], Johnson & Motomura 2008:489 [ref. 30648], Motomura et al. 2011:66 [ref. 31308], Fricke et al. 2018:[16] [ref. 36159], Hoschke et al. 2019:155 [ref. 36626], Fricke & Zhukov 2020:122 [ref. 37214], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[23] [ref. 38565]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau 1875. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Shark Bay south to Albany (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.