fowleri, Scorpaena Pietschmann [V.] 1934:100 [1] [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 71 (no. 9) (for 8 Mar. 1934); ref. 16452] Makaua, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Lectotype: NMW 6341. Paralectotypes: NMW 6342-43 (2). On p. 1 of separate (probably published first). Also in Pietschmann 1938:30, Pl. 9 [ref. 17214]. Lectotype selected by Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:297 [ref. 6389]. •Valid as Scorpaenopsis fowleri (Pietschmann 1934) -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:297 [ref. 6389], Winterbottom et al. 1989:21 [ref. 13251], Myers 1999:98 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2342 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829]). •Valid as Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934) -- (Randall & Poss 2002:57 [ref. 25855], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:125 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:332 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:178 [ref. 30952], Motomura & Senou 2009:3 [ref. 30176], Motomura et al. 2010:92 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:69 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:237 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:22 [ref. 35333], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[33] [ref. 38565], Dewa et al. 2022:17 [ref. 40001], Mochizuki et al. 2022:66 [ref. 39927], Poss & Motomura 2022:546 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:255 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Agalega Islands (Mauritius), western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Papua New Guinea, Chesterfield Islands and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.