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Species in the genus Rhinopias: [ 6 ] records

aphanes, Rhinopias Eschmeyer [W. N.] in Eschmeyer, Hirosaki & Abe 1973:300, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 39 (no. 16); ref. 6390] New Caledonia, outside barrier reef facing Nouméa, depth 30 meters. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.7079. •Valid as Rhinopias aphanes Eschmeyer 1973 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:80 [ref. 15987], Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:88 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:80 [ref. 25919], Poss 1999:2332 [ref. 24796], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:166 [ref. 25191], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Randall 2005:119 [ref. 28239], Motomura & Johnson 2006:500 [ref. 28799], Allen et al. 2006:884 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31308]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias aphanes Eschmeyer 1973. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef (Australia), New Caledonia and Japan. Habitat: marine.

argoliba, Rhinopias Eschmeyer [W. N.], Hirosaki [Y.] & Abe [T.] 1973:288, Fig. 1-2A [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 39 (no. 16); ref. 6390] Off Izu Ocean Park, Sagami Bay, Japan, depth 50 meters. Holotype (unique): Enoshima Aquarium No. 1. An excellent color photograph appears in I.O.P. Diving News, v. 2 (no. 3) in 1991. •Valid as Rhinopias argoliba Eschmeyer, Hirosaki & Abe 1973 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Poss 1999:2306 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:573 [ref. 25086], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Nakabo 2002:573 [ref. 26001], Mandrytsa 2002:570 [ref. 26272], Motomura & Johnson 2006:500 [ref. 28799]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias argoliba Eschmeyer, Hirosaki & Abe 1973. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Japan and Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.

cea, Rhinopias Randall [J. E.] & DiSalvo [L. H.] 1997:1036, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 22982] Motu Iti, Easter Island, depth 5 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 36317. •Valid as Rhinopias cea Randall & DiSalvo 1997 -- (Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Motomura & Johnson 2006:500 [ref. 28799]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias cea Randall & DiSalvo 1997. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Easter Island, southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

eschmeyeri, Rhinopias Condé [B.] 1977:19, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 7241] Mahébourg, Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MAN [formerly MZUVN] 10475. •Valid as Rhinopias eschmeyeri Condé 1977 -- (Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Fricke 1999:159 [ref. 24106], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Motomura & Johnson 2006:501 [ref. 28799], Shao et al. 2008:246 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2009:40 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:227 [ref. 31980], Prokofiev 2020:31 [27] [ref. 37917], Poss & Motomura 2022:528 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias eschmeyeri Condé 1977. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique, Seychelles, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Seychelles east to Vietnam and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan and Taiwan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

frondosa, Scorpaena Günther [A.] 1892:482, Pl. 39 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 4); ref. 14509] Mauritius [Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1891.4.30.3. •Valid as Rhinopias frondosa (Günther 1892) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1973 [ref. 6390], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:471 [ref. 5652], Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Myers 1999:97 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:159 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2333 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:573 [ref. 25086], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Shinohara et al. 2001:313 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:573 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Motomura & Johnson 2006:508 [ref. 28799], Fricke et al. 2009:40 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:228 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:133 [ref. 35805], Poss & Motomura 2022:528 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias frondosa (Günther 1892). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Caroline Islands, north to Philippines and Japan. Habitat: marine.

xenops, Peloropsis Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:630, Fig. 245 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Avau Channel, between Maui Island and Lanai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3872, depth 32-43 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 51604. •Valid as Rhinopias xenops (Gilbert 1905) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1973 [ref. 6390], Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:311 [ref. 6389], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Poss 1999:2306 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:573 [ref. 25086], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Nakabo 2002:573 [ref. 26001], Mandrytsa 2002:569 [ref. 26272], Mundy 2005:327 [ref. 28379], Motomura & Johnson 2006:500 [ref. 28799], Randall 2007:173 [ref. 30952], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Poss & Motomura 2022:529 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias xenops (Gilbert 1905). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.