octostigmatus, Callionymus Fricke [R.] 1981:143, Figs. 1-6 [Zoologische Beiträge v. 27 (no. 1); ref. 8604] Sanderal Point, Catanauan, Quezon, Philippines, depth 70-78 fathoms. Holotype: CAS 33370. Paratypes: CAS 15958 (6), 20791 (1), 30328 (1), 32620 (11), 32727 (1), 32747 (7), 32775 (1), 32828 (8), 45896 (2), 46530-31 (2, 2), 47766 (3), 47768 (1), 47780-81 (1, 1);CAS-SU 41388 (4), 41389 (4); plus nontypes. Type catalog: Fricke 1982:64 [ref. 5432], Ho & Shao 2011:54 [ref. 31432]. May use Callionymus or Repomucenus; authors differ. •Valid as Repomucenus octostigmatus (Fricke 1981) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1591 [ref. 29000], Larson et al. 2013:184 [ref. 32988], Kimura & Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:250 [ref. 36460]). •Valid as Callionymus octostigmatus Fricke 1981 -- (Fricke 1982:64 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:234 [ref. 8349], Fricke in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Fricke 2001:3564 [ref. 26292], Fricke 2002:34 [ref. 26547], Ho & Shao 2011:54 [ref. 31432], Ng & Rainboth 2011:67 [ref. 31577], Fricke 2016:63 [ref. 34390], Fricke 2016:52 [ref. 34468], Fricke 2016:22 [ref. 34659], Fricke 2017:183 [ref. 35548]). Current status: Valid as Callionymus octostigmatus Fricke 1981. Callionymidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands and Indonesia east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to Northern Territory (Australia). Habitat: marine.