spinosa, Trigla McClelland [J.] 1843:396, Pl. 22 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] China. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Trigla kumu Cuvier 1829 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:96 [ref. 15964]). •Valid as Chelidonichthys spinosus (McClelland 1843) -- (Ochiai & Yatou in Masuda et al. 1984:333 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:575, 721 [ref. 8056], Richards 1999:2365 [ref. 24797], Nakabo 2000:606 [ref. 25086], Richards in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Shimizu 2001:26 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:606 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S65 [ref. 28300], Shinohara et al. 2005:426 [ref. 28370], Motomura et al. 2010:94 [ref. 31256], Shinohara et al. 2011:43 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:243 [ref. 33300], Parin et al. 2014:226 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:97 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:47 [ref. 37637], Teramura et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38506]). Current status: Valid as Chelidonichthys spinosus (McClelland 1843). Triglidae: Triglinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Vietnam, southern China and Taiwan north to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.