Parapterois Bleeker [P.] 1876:296 Fem. Pterois heterurus Bleeker 1856. Type by original designation. •Valid as Parapterois Bleeker 1876 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:466 [ref. 5652], Poss 1999:2299 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:253 [ref. 25636], Motomura 2004:1 [ref. 27693], Matsunuma et al. 2013:50 [ref. 33131], Fricke et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35805], Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[2] [ref. 38848]). Current status: Valid as Parapterois Bleeker 1876. Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae.