mauritiana, Scorpaena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:322 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5711. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:15 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Randall et al. 1997:504 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:100 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:163 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2345 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268] as maruitiana, Nakabo 2000:579 [ref. 25086], Randall & Earle 2000:10 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:579 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:891 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:237 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33591], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:136 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:28 [ref. 36883], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[33] [ref. 38565], Allen & Erdmann 2024:255 [ref. 40796], Chou et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41800], Fricke et al. 2024:86 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa. Habitat: marine.