maculatus, Chironectes Desjardins [J.] 1840:1, Pl. 2 [Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palæontologie (Sér. 2). v. 2 [for 1839]; ref. 17399] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4626. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:139 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:126 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:87 [ref. 20669], Kuiter 1997:44 [ref. 25488], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:68 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:105 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Nakabo 2000:457 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:457 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:155 [ref. 26192], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:71 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:128 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:78 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:147 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:87 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:123 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:290 [ref. 39710], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935], Allen & Erdmann 2024:163 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Solitary Islands/New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.