aspinosa, Scolopsis Rao [D. M.] & Rao [K. S.] 1981:134, Figs. 1, 3 [Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences) v. 84 (no. 1); ref. 8575] Off Waltair, eastern coast of India, 17°42'N, 83°20'E, depth 20-25 meters. Holotype: RMNH 28192. Paratypes: BMNH 1979.12.18.1 (1); Zool. Mus. Andhra Univ. (20). Additional material: NTMS 10823-001 (1), •Valid as Parascolopsis aspinosa (Rao & Rao 1981) -- (Russell 1990:67 [ref. 19228], Russell & Golani 1993:339 [ref. 21129], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:216 [ref. 22896], Russell 1996:64 [ref. 22469], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:318 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:186 [ref. 23922], Naik et al. 2002:76 [ref. 26716], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Barman & Mishra 2009:17 [ref. 37652], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33460], Psomadakis et al. 2015:269 [ref. 34104], Nair et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34793], Ali et al. 2018:330 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:94 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:91 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Mohanty et al. 2020:1438 [ref. 37820], Psomadakis et al. 2020:483 [ref. 37272], Russell 2022:333 [ref. 39836]). Current status: Valid as Parascolopsis aspinosa (Rao & Rao 1981). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Persian Gulf east to Myanmar and Andaman Sea. Habitat: marine.