horrida, Scorpaena Linnaeus [C.] 1766:453 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Based on multiple sources, including 'Perca alepidota: dorso monopterygio ...' of Gronow 1763:88 [ref. 1910] and 'Ikan sowangi-bezar, De groote toverfisch' of Valentyn 1726:399, fig. 170 [ref. 30358]. St. Helena record probably in error (Edwards & Glass 1987:670 [ref. 9166]). •Valid as Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1973:352 [ref. 6391], Allen & Swainston 1988:48 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:452 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:84 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:113 [ref. 22896], Yoshino et al. 1997:97 [ref. 23355], Allen 1997:76 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:84 [ref. 25919], Poss 1999:2348 [ref. 24796], Johnson 1999:728 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:598 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:274 [ref. 25636], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:598 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:128 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:906 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2011:380 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:244 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:85 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Brown et al. 2019:185 [ref. 36444], Kwik & Lim 2020:21 [ref. 38869], Matsunuma et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38413], Poss 2022:576 [ref. 39726], Allen & Erdmann 2024:262 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus 1766). Synanceiidae: Synanceiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Sri Lanka east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern China, south to Shark Bay (Western Australia) and southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland (Australia). IUCN (2018): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.