spottocaudalis, Upeneus Uiblein [F.] & Gledhill [D. C.] in Uiblein, Gledhill & Peristiwady 2017:298, Figs. 1E, 1F, 1G [Zootaxa 4318 (no. 2); ref. 35570] Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, east of Cape York Peninsula, Blackwood Channel, 11°43.8'S, 143°43.8'E, depth 24 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 3436-05. Paratypes: AMS, CSIRO, QM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Upeneus spottocaudalis Uiblein & Gledhill 2017 -- (Bandai et al. 2018:36 [ref. 41157]Fricke et al. 2019:176 [ref. 36673], Uiblein & Motomura 2021:316 [ref. 38170], Echreshavi et al. 2022:21 [ref. 39234]). Current status: Valid as Upeneus spottocaudalis Uiblein & Gledhill 2017. Mullidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Kyushu (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.