possi, Scorpaenopsis Randall [J. E.] & Eschmeyer [W. N.] 2002:54, Pl. VII (figs. B-D), XII (A-C) [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 34 (for Dec. 2001); ref. 25801] Pitcairn Island, 25°4'S, 130°6'E, southern side off McCoy, South Pacific, depth 23-26 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16770. Paratypes: ANSP 177970 (1); ASIZT 60749 (2); BPBM 10336 (1), 15450 (1), 12309 (2), 29332 (1); CAS 54120 (1), 54196 (3), 54199 (1), 54220 (1), 54224 (1), 54228 (1); FMNH 109196 (1); LACM 55927-1 (1); MNHN 2001-1052 (1); NSMT-P 61030 (1); ROM 72492 (7); USNM 364997 (1). Additional paratypes at AMS, BMNH 2001.5.2.37-39 (3), BPBM, CAS, ROM, SAIAB [formerly RUSI], SMF, USNM, and WAM. Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:17 [ref. 30117], Ho & Shao 2011:41 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer 2002 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495] dated 2001, Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:41 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Randall & Greenfield 2004:385 [ref. 27899], Motomura et al. 2004:102 [ref. 28581], Randall 2005:123 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Ho & Shao 2011:41 [ref. 31432], Motomura et al. 2011:68 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:235 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:208 [ref. 32769], Larson et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:53 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:22 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:135 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:55 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:226 [ref. 40104], Kwik & Lim 2020:14 [ref. 38869], Psomadakis et al. 2020:362 [ref. 37272], Poss & Motomura 2022:543 [ref. 39725], Tsuno et al. 2022:85 [ref. 39111]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer 2002. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kochi Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.
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