spinarella, Gasterosteus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:297 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India [? Suriname]. No types known. Spelled spinarellus by Bonnaterre 1788:138 [ref. 4940]. •Valid as Cephalacanthus spinarella (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Herrera 1896:64 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod 1973:613 [ref. 7193], Eschmeyer & Dempster 1990:690 [ref. 17613], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:248 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus 1758). Dactylopteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.