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oxycephalus, Scorpaena Bleeker [P.] 1849:7 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [5]; ref. 16881] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 5865 (230.5 mm). Paralectotype: RMNH 5865 (1, 142 mm). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:19 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. Combined with a feminine genus, the adjective should be oxycephala. •Valid as Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Dor 1984:84 [ref. 29757], Paxton et al. 1989:451 [ref. 12442], Eschmeyer 1986:474 [ref. 5652], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker 1849) -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:21 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:83 [ref. 15987], Baranes & Golani 1993:306 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:22 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:86 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:83 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:98 [ref. 23965], Motomura & Iwatsuki 2000:3 [ref. 24401], Poss 1999:2343 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:576 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:169 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Nakabo 2002:576 [ref. 26001], Randall & Eschmeyer 2002:45 [ref. 25801], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Motomura et al. 2004:99 [ref. 28581], Randall 2005:123 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:890 [ref. 29066], Motomura 2009:68 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2011:68 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:235 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:208 [ref. 32769], Fricke et al. 2014:52 [ref. 33932], Naranji & Kandula 2016:2 [ref. 39572], Golani & Fricke 2018:55 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:128 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:361 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:117 [ref. 41223], Poss & Motomura 2022:542 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:253 [ref. 40796], Chou et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41800], Matsumoto & Motomura 2025:6 [ref. 42111], Golani & Fricke 2026:142 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker 1849). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen) and Mauritius (Mascarenes), east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Timor Sea (northern Australia). IUCN (2016): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

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