Species that contain: Parapterois and heterurus [ 7 ] records

heterurus, Pterois Bleeker [P.] 1856:33 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5872. The species epithet heterurus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Parabrachirus heterurus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1978:66 [ref. 6386]). •Valid as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker 1856) -- (Nakabo 2000:567 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:567 [ref. 26001], Allen & Erdmann 2012:219 [ref. 31980], Matsunuma et al. 2013:50 [ref. 33131], Fricke et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35805], Psomadakis et al. 2020:359 [ref. 37272], Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[6] [ref. 38848], Poss & Motomura 2022:513 [ref. 39725]). •Valid as Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:466 [ref. 5652], Chen et al. 1997:168 [ref. 26476], Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:128 [ref. 23963], Poss 1999:2326 [ref. 24796], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:276 [ref. 25636], Choi et al. 2003:242, 559 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Motomura 2004:1 [ref. 27693], Shinohara et al. 2005:424 [ref. 28370], Yoshida et al. 2013:78 [ref. 34464]). Current status: Valid as Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to eastern Indonesia and Philippines, north to central Japan, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

jordani, Pterois Regan [C. T.] 1905:20 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 2); ref. 3624] Inland Sea, Japan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.6.6.265. •Synonym of Parapterois heterura (Bleeker 1856) -- (Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27693], Matsunuma et al. 2013:52 [ref. 33131], Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[6] [ref. 38848]). •Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Current status: Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Habitat: marine.

natalensis, Pterois von Bonde [C.] 1923:32, Pl. 8 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] KwaZulu-Natal coast, 29°26'30"S, 31°25'40"E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 169, depth 29 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 802. Type information: Winterbottom 1974:8 [ref. 19544]. •Synonym of Parapterois heterura (Bleeker 1856) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:466 [ref. 5652] as heterurus, Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27693]). •Synonym of Parapterois nigripinnis (Gilchrist 1904) -- (Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[22] [ref. 38848]). Current status: Synonym of Parapterois nigripinnis (Gilchrist 1904). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Habitat: marine.

nigripinnis, Pterois Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1904:2, Pl. 20 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 3; ref. 1646] 2.5 miles off Umhlanga River mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 22-26 fathoms. Syntypes: (3) SAM 11855 (3). Other material (same data as syntypes): BMNH 1903.12.31.6 (1) (lectotype of Matsunuma & Motomura 2021), 1930.1.14.3 (1) Lectotype selected by Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[23] [ref. 38848] as BMNH 1903.12.31.6 (1) (but specimen did not belong to syntype series, which only included the 3 specimens of SAM 11855). •Synonym of Parapterois heterura (Bleeker 1856) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:466 [ref. 5652] as heterurus, Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27693], Matsunuma et al. 2013:52 [ref. 33131]). •Valid as Parapterois nigripinnis (Gilchrist 1904) -- (Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[22] [ref. 38848]). Current status: Valid as Parapterois nigripinnis (Gilchrist 1904). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique south to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.

pavo, Ebosia Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:109, Figs. 18-19 [Transactions of the Pacific Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. v. 2; ref. 16332] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype: ZIN 22720 (1 of 2, 269 mm). Paratypes: ZIN 22720 (1 of 2, 184 mm). •Synonym of Parabrachirus heterurus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1978:66 [ref. 6386]). •Synonym of Parapterois heterura (Bleeker 1856) -- (Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27693], Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[8] [ref. 38848]). •Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Current status: Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Habitat: marine.

starksi, Ebosia Franz [V.] 1910:72, Pl. 9 (fig. 69) [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Yokohama, Misaki, and Dzushi, Japan. Syntypes: (4 + 2 + 1) ZSM [old collection] (4 + 2 + 1) destroyed in WW II. Type catalog: Neumann 2006:280 [ref. 28925]. •Synonym of Parabrachirus heterurus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1978:66 [ref. 6386]). •Synonym of Parapterois heterura (Bleeker 1856) -- (Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27693], Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[6] [ref. 38848]). •Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Current status: Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Habitat: marine.

tanabensis, Pterois Tanaka [S.] 1918:225 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 30 (no. 356); ref. 17357] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT (lost). •Synonym of Parapterois heterura (Bleeker 1856) -- (Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 27693], Matsunuma & Motomura 2021:[8] [ref. 38848]). •Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Current status: Synonym of Parapterois heterurus (Bleeker 1856). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Habitat: marine.