obtusa, Scorpaenopsis Randall [J. E.] & Eschmeyer [W. N.] 2002:37, Fig. 10 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 34 (for Dec. 2001); ref. 25801] Observation Island, Sulu Archipelago, Tawitawi Group, Philippines, depth 16.5 meters. Holotype: USNM 169475. Paratypes: CAS 54231 (1), 213340 (1). •Valid as Scorpaenopsis obtusa Randall & Eschmeyer 2002 -- (Allen et al. 2006:890 [ref. 29066], Motomura & Shinohara 2005:296 [ref. 29181], Motomura & Causse 2011:51 [ref. 31125], Motomura et al. 2011:100 [ref. 31717], Allen & Erdmann 2012:234 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:208 [ref. 32769], Fricke et al. 2014:52 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:361 [ref. 37272], Rusdianto et al. 2022:246 [ref. 40007], Subbumaran et al. 2023:[2] [ref. 40066], Allen & Erdmann 2024:252 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis obtusa Randall & Eschmeyer 2002. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern India, Myanmar; central and southern Indonesia east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northwestern Australia and northern Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.