didactyla, Scorpaena Pallas [P. S.] 1769:26, Pl. 4 (figs. 1-3) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 7); ref. 20848] Indian Ocean [Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 669. Type catalog: Inaba & Motomura 2018:67 [ref. 36154]. •Valid as Inimicus didactylus (Pallas 1769) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:489 [ref. 6385], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:48 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:442 [ref. 12442], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:571 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:76 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:101 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2316 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:596 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:273 [ref. 25636], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:596 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:38 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:128 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:905 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2011:380 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:242 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:85 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Inaba & Motomura 2018:67 [ref. 36154], Fricke et al. 2019:104 [ref. 36673], Kodeeswaran et al. 2020:[2] [ref. 37577], Kwik & Lim 2020:20 [ref. 38869], Sonoyama et al. 2020:46 [ref. 37637], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2021:17 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:121 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:260 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Inimicus didactylus (Pallas 1769). Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southeastern India; Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to southern Sea of Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.