macrochir, Scorpaenopsis Ogilby [J. D.] 1910:29 [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 23; ref. 3288] Bulwer Island, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.1544 [ex AFAQ 1305]. •Valid as Scorpaenopsis macrochir Ogilby 1910 -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:305 [ref. 6389], Paxton et al. 1989:451 [ref. 12442], Myers 1999:98 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2343 [ref. 24796], Johnson 1999:727 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Randall & Eschmeyer 2002:33 [ref. 25801], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:40 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Motomura et al. 2004:96 [ref. 28581], Randall 2005:122 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:890 [ref. 29066], Motomura & Causse 2011:51 [ref. 31125], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:68 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:233 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:208 [ref. 32769], Larson et al. 2013:82 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:314 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:52 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Poss & Motomura 2022:542 [ref. 39725], Allen & Erdmann 2024:251 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:86 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis macrochir Ogilby 1910. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); eastern Indonesia east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Dampier Archipelago (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia) and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: brackish, marine.