spiloptera, Lepidotrigla Günther [A.] 1880:42, Pl. 18 (fig. C) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Kai Islands, Challenger station 192, Indonesia, Banda Sea [western Pacific Ocean], depth 129 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.269. •Valid as Lepidotrigla spiloptera Günther 1880 -- (Richards & Saksena 1977:218 [ref. 5285], Dor 1984:89 [ref. 29757], Paxton et al. 1989:455 [ref. 12442], Manilo 1992:22 [131] [ref. 39140], Richards 1992:63 [ref. 20654], Baranes & Golani 1993:305 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:22 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:115 [ref. 22896], Richards 1999:2368 [ref. 24797], Richards in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Paxton et al. 2006:925 [ref. 29074], Larson et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:190 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:138 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:58 [ref. 36273], Gomon & Kawai 2018:643 [ref. 36285], Eagderi et al. 2019:130 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 29 [ref. 38321], Matsunuma & Tashiro 2020:151 [ref. 37726], Richards 2022:609 [ref. 39730], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:576 [ref. 40712]). Current status: Valid as Lepidotrigla spiloptera Günther 1880. Triglidae: Triglinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Somalia, Tanzania), Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Philippines, north to Taiwan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.