Species that contain: Pterois and volitans [ 5 ] records

castus, Pterois volitans Whitley [G. P.] 1951:406, Fig. 14 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 4); ref. 4715] Point Hedland, Western Australia. Holotype: AMS I.12941. •Synonym of Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Schultz 1986:686 [ref. 22245], Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442], Allen & Erdmann 2008:129 [ref. 29479]). Current status: Synonym of Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Habitat: marine.

cristatus, Pterois Swainson [W.] 1839:264 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Sri Lanka. No types known. Based on Benn. Cey. pl. 1 -- which is Bennett 1828:Pl. 1 [ref. 16785]. •Synonym of Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Schultz 1986:686 [ref. 22245]). Current status: Synonym of Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Habitat: marine.

miles, Scorpaena Bennett [J. W.] 1828:unnum. p., Pl. 9 [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka [eastern Indian Ocean]. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:159 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. See Kochzius et al. 2003:401 [ref. 27290]. See Hare & Whitfield 2004:2 [ref. 27631]. •Synonym of Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:86 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Pterois miles (Bennett 1828) -- (Schultz 1986:687 [ref. 22245], Eschmeyer 1986:467 [ref. 5652], Winterbottom et al. 1989:20 [ref. 13251], Golani & Sonin 1992:167 [ref. 20428], Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:43-44 [ref. 21456], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:108 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:136 [ref. 23922], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Fricke 1999:158 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2330 [ref. 24796], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:26 [ref. 27712], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:144 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:32 [ref. 37112], Randall 2005:117 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2008:128 [ref. 29479], Freshwater et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30268], Fricke et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30213], Motomura 2009:65 [ref. 30463], Caratini & Soriano 2011:113 [ref. 39915], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2011:575 [ref. 31520], Betancur-R. et al. 2011:1 [ref. 32977], Allen & Erdmann 2012:221[ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Matsunuma et al. 2017:333 [ref. 35034], Wilcox et al. 2017:1, 10 [ref. 35525] with hybrids in the Atlantic, Ali et al. 2018:316 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:132 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:28 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:144 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Kwik & Lim 2020:16 [ref. 38869], Psomadakis et al. 2020:360 [ref. 37272], Golani 2021:35 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:76 [ref. 39014], Poss & Motomura 2022:516 [ref. 39725], Belmonte-Gallegos & Báez in Fortič et al. 2023:193 [ref. 40465], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:301 [ref. 40698], Leone & Sperone in Langeneck et al. 2023:616 [ref. 40699]). Current status: Valid as Pterois miles (Bennett 1828). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Singapore and Indonesia; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant); possibly invasive in the Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

muricata, Pterois Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:363 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Red Sea; Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6597 (1) Red Sea, 0000-6598 (1) Réunion I. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:8-9 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:86 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Pterois miles (Bennett 1828) -- (Schultz 1986:687 [ref. 22245], Fricke 1999:158 [ref. 24106], Allen & Erdmann 2008:129 [ref. 29479], Matsunuma et al. 2017:333 [ref. 35034]). •Valid as Pterois muricata Cuvier 1829 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830]). Current status: Synonym of Pterois miles (Bennett 1828). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Red Sea: Saudi Arabia and Réunion [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

volitans, Gasterosteus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:296 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:237-238 [ref. 13434]. See Kochzius et al. 2003:401 [ref. 27290]. The "syntype" BMNH 1853.11.12.9 is not this species (Allen & Erdmann 2008:137 [ref. 29479]). Based on the 'Perca dorso monopterygio, capite cavernoso ...' of Gronow 1756:33 [ref. 20783], which was based on the 'Ikan Kalkoen Sowanggi, Djantan' and the 'Ikan Kalkoen Sowanggi Betina' of Valentyn 1726:413, 415 Pl. 210, Pl. 213 [ref. 30358], the 'Perca Amboinensis Neuhoffii' of Willughby 1686:Appendix p. 1, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [ref. 30164], and the 'Ican Swangi' or 'Perca Amboinensis ... volans pinnis longissimus' of Ruysch 1718:4, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [ref. 30355]. •Valid as Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paulin 1982:445 [ref. 23678], Dor 1984:86 [ref. 29757], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:575, 721 [ref. 8056], Schultz 1986:66 [ref. 22245], Allen & Swainston 1988:48 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:167 [ref. 24556], Randall et al. 1990:80 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:114 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Randall 1995:108 [ref. 22896], Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:129 [ref. 23963], Allen 1997:76 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Chen et al. 1997:167 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:90 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:80 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:101 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2332 [ref. 24796], Johnson 1999:727 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:569 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:165 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:64 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:10 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Mandrytsa 2001:275 [ref. 25636], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Whitfield et al. 2002:289 [ref. 26090], Nakabo 2002:569 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1238 [ref. 27048], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:26 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Hare & Whitfield 2004:2 [ref. 27631], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], Randall 2005:117 [ref. 28239], Fishelson 2006:343 [ref. 28669], Allen et al. 2006:880 [ref. 29002], Allen & Erdmann 2008:128 [ref. 29479], Freshwater et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30268], Lasso-Alcala & Posada 2010:S53 [ref. 30893], Motomura et al. 2010:90 [ref. 31256], Aguilar-Perera & Tuz-Sulun 2010:S9 [ref. 31683], Fricke et al. 2011:378 [ref. 31242], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2011:575 [ref. 31520], Betancur-R. et al. 2011:1 [ref. 32977], Allen & Erdmann 2012:223 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:170 [ref. 32953], Larson et al. 2013:82 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:79 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:51 [ref. 33932], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:37 [ref. 33341], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:112 [ref. 36167], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1096 [ref. 34285], Motomura et al. 2015:18 [ref. 34709], Robertson et al. 2016:143, 144 [ref. 34961], Koeda et al. 2016:21 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:3 [ref. 35354], Tornabene & Baldwin 2017:10 [ref. 35339], Motomura et al. 2017:68 [ref. 35490], Wilcox et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35525] with hybrids in the western Atlantic, Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:155 [ref. 36626], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Kwik & Lim 2020:16 [ref. 38869], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Sonoyama et al. 2020:44 [ref. 37637], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:600 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Kovačić et al. 2021:90 [ref. 39014], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:73 [ref. 39585], Cintra et al. 2022:2 [ref. 39558], Carvalho-Filho 2023:108 [ref. 40480], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:304 [ref. 40698], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758). Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island and Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Marquesas Islands, north to Sea of Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Jervis Bay (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands and French Polynesia. Invasive in western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2016): Least concern. Habitat: marine.