ramaraoi, Scorpaenopsis Randall [J. E.] & Eschmeyer [W. N.] 2002:64, Pls. VIII (Figs B-), XII (fig. D) [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 34 (for Dec. 2001); ref. 25801] Off Hikkaduwa, 1/2 mile offshore, Sri Lanka, depth 10-12 meters. Holotype: BPBM 27202. Paratypes: AMS I.40819-001 (1); ANSP 177971 (3); ASIZP 60750 (1); BMNH 2001.5.2.35 (1); BPBM 18629 (2), 22107 (1), 26694 (1), 27201 (1); CAS 31474 (3), 54153 (1), 54157 (4), 54168 (16), 54189 (3), 54193 (3), 54195 (16); FMNH 23205 (1); MNHN 2001-1051 (1); NSMT-P 61029 (6); ROM 72491 (10); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 63482 (3); CAS-SU 27871 (1); USNM 364995 (7), ?WAM P.31778-001 (5). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:17 [ref. 30117], Ho & Shao 2011:41 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi Randall & Eschmeyer 2002 -- (Motomura 2002:237 [ref. 26559], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:41 [ref. 27510], Motomura et al. 2004:103 [ref. 28581], Randall 2005:124 [ref. 28239], Motomura 2009:68 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:92 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Ho & Shao 2011:41 [ref. 31432], Motomura et al. 2011:69 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:236 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:208 [ref. 32769], Psomadakis et al. 2015:185 [ref. 34104], Naranji & Velamala 2016:87 [ref. 35147], Motomura et al. 2017:68 [ref. 35490], Motomura in Kimura et al. 2018:77 [ref. 36460], Kwik & Lim 2020:15 [ref. 38869], Psomadakis et al. 2020:362 [ref. 37272], Poss & Motomura 2022:543 [ref. 39725], Tsuno et al. 2022:85 [ref. 39111], Hasan et al. 2023:2212 [ref. 40412], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:307 [ref. 40698], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi Randall & Eschmeyer 2002. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa); Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India east to Philippines, Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to Kochi Prefecture (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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