procurva, Neomerinthe Chen [L.-C.] 1981:54, Figs. 22, 49 [Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum (Taipei) v. 34 (nos 1/2); ref. 8619] Off Ta-chi [Daxi], northeastern Taiwan. Holotype: CAS 47306. Paratypes: CAS 42141 (19); SDSU 77-7 (1); SIO 80-212 (5), 80-223 (2). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:40 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Neomerinthe procurva Chen 1981 -- (Poss & Duhamel 1991:101 [ref. 15728], Poss 1999:2323 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:571 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:571 [ref. 26001], Zajonz & Klausewitz 2002:1485 [ref. 26817], Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31308], Ho & Shao 2011:40 [ref. 31432], Yoshida et al. 2013:78 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36673], Fricke et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40204], Vilasri et al. 2023:77 [ref. 40764]). •Synonym of Neomerinthe bucephalus (Alcock 1896) -- (Matsumoto & Motomura 2023:8 [ref. 40584]). Current status: Synonym of Neomerinthe bucephalus (Alcock 1896). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.