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]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, Japan, south to New Caledonia and Rapa. Habitat: marine.