vittapinna, Scorpaenopsis Randall [J. E.] & Eschmeyer [W. N.] 2002:71, Pls. IX (fig. D), XII (figs. G-H) [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 34 (for Dec. 2001); ref. 25801] Reef off Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 27-28 meters. Holotype: BPBM 27360. Paratypes: AMS I.40818-001 (1); ASIZT 60748 (1); BMNH 2001.5.2.36 (1); BPBM 32290 (1), 33809 (1), 37809 (1), 38824 (1), 38836 (1); CAS 35038 (2), 35210 (2), 54049 (3), 54052 (1), 54060 (1), 54062 (1), 214038 (1); MNHN 2001-1050 (1); NSMT-P61031 (1); ROM 60615 (1), 72490 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 14389 (1), 57824 (1); USNM 224492 (2), 364998 (1). •Valid as Scorpaenopsis vittapinna Randall & Eschmeyer 2002 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Motomura et al. 2004:105 [ref. 28581], Randall 2005:124 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:176 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura & Causse 2011:50 [ref. 31125], Motomura et al. 2011:69 [ref. 31308], Motomura et al. 2011:103 [ref. 31717], Allen & Erdmann 2012:236 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:208 [ref. 32769], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:135 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:55 [ref. 36273], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:54 [ref. 38226], Poss & Motomura 2022:544 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis vittapinna Randall & Eschmeyer 2002. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals (Western Australia), Lizard Island (Queensland, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.