Species that contain: Pontinus and macrocephalus [ 2 ] records

macrocephalus, Sebastes Sauvage [H.-E.] 1882:169 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 6; ref. 3894] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4165. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:20 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage 1882) -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:294 [ref. 6389], Kyushin et al. 1977:328 [ref. 19756], Kanayama in Okamura et al. 1982:271, 393 [ref. 8256], Eschmeyer 1983:1 [ref. 8231], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:314 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:82 [ref. 15964], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:572 [ref. 27969], Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:129 [ref. 23963], Nakabo 2000:577 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:577 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Shinohara et al. 2005:425 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:327 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:172 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2011:64 [ref. 31308], Shinohara et al. 2014:245 [ref. 33330], Koeda et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38857]). Current status: Valid as Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage 1882). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

spilistius, Pontinus Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:633, Fig. 247 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Off north coast of Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 4077, depth 99-106 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51644. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8638 (1), USNM 51663 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:121 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage 1882) -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:294 [ref. 6389], Eschmeyer 1983:1 [ref. 8231], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:82 [ref. 15964], Mundy 2005:327 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:173 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage 1882). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.