triacanthus, Taenianotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:303, 306 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4051. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:25 [ref. 20738]. Based on the unique holotype which was donated from RMNH. •Valid as Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepède 1802 -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:285 [ref. 6389], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:317 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Allen & Swainston 1988:50 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:452 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:21 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:85 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:116 [ref. 23929] as Taenionotus, Allen 1997:78 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:296 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:88 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:85 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:100 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:164 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2349 [ref. 24796], Johnson 1999:728 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268] as Taenionotus t., Nakabo 2000:572 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:171 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:10 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:572 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830] with genus as Taenionotus, Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:147 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:127 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:333 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:892 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:178 [ref. 30952], Motomura 2009:69 [ref. 30463], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:92 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:89 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:239 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:23 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:136 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:104 [ref. 36673], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Grove et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41326], Poss & Motomura 2022:548 [ref. 39725], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935], Allen & Erdmann 2024:257 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:86 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepède 1802. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan and Midway Atoll (U.S.A.), south to Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga; eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2016): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.