kuhlii, Scorpaena Bowdich [S. L.] 1825:123 [Fishes of Madeira; ref. 590] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Non-types: SMF 14 (1) from Lowe. •Valid as Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich 1825) -- (Eschmeyer 1969:35 [ref. 1274], Blanc & Hureau 1973:583 [ref. 7218], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1213 [ref. 13677], Eschmeyer & Dempster 1990:668 [ref. 17613], Merella et al. 1998:177 [ref. 23484], Santos et al. 1997:76 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:115 [ref. 24952], Uiblein et al. 1999:64 [ref. 24045], Afonso et al. 1999:71 [ref. 25466], López Abellán et al. 2001:259 [ref. 25935], Pais et al. 2005:143 [ref. 28486], Wirtz et al. 2007:29 [ref. 30263], Poss 2016:2265 [ref. 34610], Carneiro et al. 2019:230 [ref. 37250], Parenti 2019:7 [ref. 36934], Reiner 2019:155 [ref. 38139], Bañón & Maño 2021:68 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:76 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:294 [ref. 39448], Tiralongo & Cappuccinelli in Grech et al. 2023:399 [ref. 40778]). Current status: Valid as Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich 1825). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea (rare); eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to South Africa, including Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.