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Genera that contain: Scorpaena [ 31 ] records

Bufichthys (subgenus of Synanchia) Swainson [W.] 1839:268 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Scorpaena horrida Linnaeus 1766. Type by subsequent designation. Not p. 181, where Bufichthys is a misprint for Synanchia = Erosa (see Eschmeyer & Rama Rao 1973:343 [ref. 6391]). Replaced by Phrynichthys Agassiz 1846. Type designated by Swain 1882:277 [ref. 5966]. •Synonym of Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1973:341, 363 [ref. 6391], Mandrytsa 2001:264 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Synanceiidae: Synanceiinae.

Centrogenys Richardson [J.] 1842:120 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (no. 56); ref. 12568] Fem. Centropristes scorpaenoides Cuvier 1829 (= Scorpaena vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Type by monotypy. The correct spelling of the family is Centrogenyidae. •Valid as Centrogenys Richardson 1842 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:490 [ref. 12442], Leis & Trnski 1999:413 [ref. 24201], Gill 1999:2549 [ref. 24817], Hoese 2006:1036 [ref. 28988], Matsunuma & Johnson 2023:503 [ref. 40587]). Current status: Valid as Centrogenys Richardson 1842. Centrogenyidae.

Corythobatus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1027 [45] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Masc. Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Minous Cuvier 1829, not preoccupied by Minois Hübner 1816 in Lepidoptera. On page 45 of separate. •Objective synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:454 [ref. 1277], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:115 [ref. 15964], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Helicolenus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:248 [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Masc. Scorpaena dactyloptera Delaroche 1809. Type by original designation. •Valid as Helicolenus Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:93 [ref. 1274], Barsukov 1973 [ref. 7154], Blanc & Hureau 1973:582 [ref. 7218], Barsukov 1981 [ref. 5306], Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Shimizu & Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:313 [ref. 6441], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1212 [ref. 13677], Eschmeyer 1986:477 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:79 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:442 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:481 [ref. 22532], Mandrytsa 2001:257 [ref. 25636], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1234 [ref. 27048], Kai et al. 2003:239 [ref. 27218], Allen et al. 2006:866 [ref. 29078], Johnson & Motomura 2008:496 [ref. 30648], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:38 [ref. 36649], Shinohara et al. 2011:42 [ref. 31715], Parin et al. 2014:212 [ref. 33547], Struthers & Motomura 2015:1079 [ref. 34284], Bañón et al. 2016:321 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Helicolenus Goode & Bean 1896. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae.

Holoscorpaena Fowler [H. W.] 1944:277 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] Fem. Holoscorpaena didymogramma Fowler 1944. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758 -- (see Böhlke 1984:153 [ref. 13621], Mandrytsa 2001:249 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Kantapus Smith [J. L. B.] 1947:817 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77); ref. 4073] Masc. Kantapus oglinus Smith 1947. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758 -- (Mandrytsa 2001:249 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Macrochirus Swainson [W.] 1839:70, 71, 180 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Scorpaena miles Bennett 1828. Type by monotypy. Spelled Machrochirus on p. 65, Macrochirus 3 times on pp. 70-71, and once each on p. 180 and 441 (index) and Macrochyrus on 264. Macrochirus here regarded as the correct original spelling unless first reviser can be located for all three names. •Synonym of Pterois Oken 1817 -- (Mandrytsa 2001:253 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Pterois Oken 1817. Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae.

Mesoscorpia (subgenus of Trachyscorpia) Eschmeyer [W. N.] 1969:50 [Occasional Papers California Academy of Sciences No. 79; ref. 1274] Fem. Scorpaena capensis Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Trachyscorpia Ginsberg 1953, but a valid subgenus Mesoscorpia as described -- (Mandrytsa 2001:252 [ref. 25636], Motomura et al. 2007:31 [ref. 29317], McCosker 2008:118 [ref. 29639]). Current status: Synonym of Trachyscorpia Ginsburg 1953. Scorpaenidae: Sebastolobinae.

Metzelaaria Jordan [D. S.] 1923:209 [Stanford University Publications, University Series, Biological Sciences v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 2421] Fem. Scorpaena tredecimspinosa Metzelaar 1919. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Scorpaenodes Bleeker 1857 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:2 [ref. 7813], Mandrytsa 2001:251 [ref. 25636], Poss et al. 2010:243 [ref. 30744]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaenodes Bleeker 1857. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Minous Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Masc. Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:6 [ref. 12248] and 1876:298 [ref. 450] as Minous monodactylus Cuvier & Valenciennes. •Valid as Minous Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:453 [ref. 1277], Amaoka & Kanayama 1981 [ref. 5579], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:464 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:115 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:443 [ref. 12442], Mandrytsa 1990 [ref. 19218], Poss 1999:2294 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Allen et al. 2006:905 [ref. 29078], Motomura 2009:73 [ref. 30446], Fricke et al. 2018:137 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:57 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma & Motomura 2018:201 [ref. 36053], Naranji et al. 2022:[3] 414 [ref. 39305], Ray et al. 2022:506 [ref. 39087]). Current status: Valid as Minous Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Myriodon Brisout de Barneville [C. N. F.] 1847:133 [Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne (Paris) v. 10; ref. 643] Masc. Scorpaena vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Centrogenys Richardson 1842 -- (Matsunuma & Johnson 2023:504 [ref. 40587]). Current status: Synonym of Centrogenys Richardson 1842. Centrogenyidae.

Neosebastes Guichenot [A.] 1867:83 [1] [Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg v. 13 (= Ser. 2, v. 3); ref. 1949] Masc. Scorpaena panda Richardson 1842. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:3 [ref. 12248] and 1876:295 [ref. 450]; type apparently not N. scorpaenodes Guichenot; two originally included species, neither designated type. •Valid as Neosebastes Guichenot 1867 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:444 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:484 [ref. 22532], Poss 1999:2302 [ref. 24796], Imamura & Yabe 2001:51 [ref. 25388], Mandrytsa 2001:259 [ref. 25636], Motomura 2004:4 [ref. 28085], Motomura et al. 2006:445 [ref. 28796], Allen et al. 2006:872 [ref. 29078], Johnson & Motomura 2008:492 [ref. 30648], Motomura & Causse 2010:323 [ref. 31102], Motomura & Peristiwady 2012:31 [ref. 32396], Yoshikawa & Kai 2016:[1] [ref. 34734], Motomura et al. 2017:67 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Neosebastes Guichenot 1867. Neosebastidae.

Oligoscorpaena Fowler [H. W.] 1939:1 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 26; ref. 1430] Fem. Scorpaena bandanensis Bleeker 1851. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sebastapistes Gill 1877 -- (authors). •Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1759, subgenus Sebastapistes Gill 1877 -- (Mandrytsa 2001:249 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes Gill 1877. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Osorioia (subgenus of Scorpaena) Fowler [H. W.] 1938:63 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Fem. Scorpaena hemilepidota Fowler 1938. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758 -- (Mandrytsa 2001:249 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Parascorpaena Bleeker [P.] 1876:295 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 9; ref. 450] Fem. Scorpaena picta Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Bleeker 1876:4 [ref. 12248]. •Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Parascorpaena -- (Mandrytsa 2001:250 [ref. 25636]). •Valid as Parascorpaena Bleeker 1876 -- (Eschmeyer 1986:469 [ref. 5652], Poss 1999:2300 [ref. 24796], Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30319], Motomura et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30319], Motomura 2009:64 [ref. 30463], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135], Fricke et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Chou & Liao 2022:1 [ref. 39195], Cabebe-Barnuevo et al. 2024:[4] [ref. 41404]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena Bleeker 1876. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Phrynichthys Agassiz [L.] 1846:55, 288 [Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis; ref. 64] Masc. Scorpaena horrida Linnaeus 1766. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Bufichthys Swainson 1839. Predates Phrynichthys Pietschmann 1926. •Objective synonym of Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Mandrytsa 2001:264 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Synanceiidae: Synanceiinae.

Pterichthys (subgenus of Apistes) Swainson [W.] 1839:63, 180, 265 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Scorpaena carinata Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by original designation on p. 63, not Scorpaena carinata as designated by Swain 1882:277 [ref. 5966]. Spelled Ptericthys on pp. 63, 64, Plerichthys on p. 65; Pterichthys on pp. 180, 265, 442 (index). •Synonym of Apistus Cuvier 1829 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:93 [ref. 15964], Mandrytsa 2001:258 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Apistus Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Apistinae.

Pterois Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182 [Isis (Oken) v. 1 (pt 8) (no. 148); ref. 3303] Fem. Scorpaena volitans of Bloch (= Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Based on "Les Pterois" of Cuvier 1816 (see Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]). Technical addition of species not researched. Type apparently designated by Desmarest 1856:215 [ref. 17401]; also see Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396] and 1939:223 [ref. 25866]. Treated as feminine by most authors. •Valid as Pterois Oken 1817 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:466 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:91 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:446 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2298 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:253 [ref. 25636], Kochzius et al. 2003:399 [ref. 27290], Allen et al. 2006:879 [ref. 29002], Allen & Erdmann 2008:128 [ref. 29479], Freshwater et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30268], Aguilar-Perera & Tuz-Sulun 2010:S9 [ref. 31683], Motomura et al. 2011:98 [ref. 31717], Betancur-R. et al. 2011:1 [ref. 32977], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Matsunuma & Motomura 2013:163 [ref. 33130], Matsunuma & Motomura 2014:1 [ref. 33609], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1095 [ref. 34285], Motomura et al. 2017:67 [ref. 35490], Wilcox et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35525], Fricke et al. 2018:132 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma & Motomura 2018:96 [ref. 36416], Fricke et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36673], Chou et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41366]). Current status: Valid as Pterois Oken 1817. Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae.

Rhinopias Gill [T. N.] 1905:225 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1394); ref. 1789] Masc. Scorpaena frondosa Günther 1892. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Rhinopias Gill 1905 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1973 [ref. 6390], Condé 1977 [ref. 7241], Dinesen & Nash 1982 [ref. 5487], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:470 [ref. 5652], Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442], Randall & DiSalvo 1997:1035 [ref. 22982], Poss 1999:2301 [ref. 24796], Randall 2001:6 [ref. 25610], Mandrytsa 2001:255 [ref. 25636], Mandrytsa 2002:569 [ref. 26272], Motomura & Johnson 2006:500 [ref. 28799], Allen et al. 2006:884 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2018:133 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Rhinopias Gill 1905. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Ruboralga Whitley [G. P.] 1931:326 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] Fem. Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner 1866. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758 -- (Mandrytsa 2001:249 [ref. 25636], Motomura et al. 2011:330 [ref. 31618]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Scorpaena Linnaeus [C.] 1758:266 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Fem. Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:3 [ref. 12248] and 1876:295 [ref. 450]. On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). •Valid as Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758 -- (Eschmeyer 1965 [ref. 9211], Blanc & Hureau 1973:579 [ref. 7218], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:314 [ref. 6441], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1214 [ref. 13677], Eschmeyer 1986:471 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:83 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:447 [ref. 12442], Schultz 1993 [ref. 21806], Gomon et al. 1994:491 [ref. 22532], Reshetnikov 1998:149 [ref. 23570], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:237 [ref. 24550], Poss 1999:2304 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:249 [ref. 25636], Parin et al. 2002:S64 [ref. 28300], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1234 [ref. 27048], Motomura et al. 2007:36 [ref. 29012], Allen et al. 2006:884 [ref. 29066], Motomura & Senou 2008:1761 [ref. 29593], Johnson & Motomura 2008:487 [ref. 30648], Motomura et al. 2009:139 [ref. 30729], Motomura & McCosker 2009:135 [ref. 30886], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:38 [ref. 36649], Motomura & Peristiwady 2010:127 [ref. 31100], Motomura et al. 2011:315, 330 [ref. 31618], Victor 2013:30 [ref. 32943], Parin et al. 2014:224 [ref. 33547], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1097 [ref. 34285], Fricke et al. 2018:133 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2018:[2] [ref. 36159], Golani & Fricke 2018:54 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:179 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36673], Wibowo et al. 2019:296 [ref. 37166], Fricke & Zhukov 2020:115 [ref. 37214], Wibowo & Motomura 2020:527 [ref. 37777], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[3] [ref. 38565]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Scorpaenichthys Bleeker [P.] 1856:385, 402 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 353] Masc. Scorpaena gibbosa Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:267 [ref. 2410]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Scorpaenichthys Girard 1854 in fishes; replaced by Dendroscorpaena Smith 1957. •In the synonymy of Scorpaenopsis Heckel 1837 -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:296 [ref. 6389], Mandrytsa 2001:252 [ref. 25636], Randall & Eschmeyer 2002:5 [ref. 25801], Kottelat 2013:314 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Scorpaenopsis Heckel 1837. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Scorpaenodes Bleeker [P.] 1857:371 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 358] Masc. Scorpaena polylepis Bleeker 1851. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1857:452 [ref. 6220] with 2 included species. •Valid as Scorpaenodes Bleeker 1857 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:2 [ref. 7813], Eschmeyer 1969:85 [ref. 1274], Blanc & Hureau 1973:583 [ref. 7218], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:314 [ref. 6441], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1221 [ref. 13677], Eschmeyer 1986:471 [ref. 5652], Paxton et al. 1989:449 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2302 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:251 [ref. 25636], Greenfield & Matsuura 2002:973 [ref. 26507], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1234 [ref. 27048], Allen et al. 2006:886 [ref. 29066], Motomura 2009:66 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2009:75 [ref. 30328], Motomura et al. 2010:17 [ref. 30748], Poss et al. 2010:243 [ref. 30744], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1100 [ref. 34285], Motomura et al. 2016:345 [ref. 34411], Fricke et al. 2018:133 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:54 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:180 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenodes Bleeker 1857. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Scorpaenopsis Heckel [J. J.] 1837:158 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2 (no. 1) (for 1840); ref. 2079] Fem. Scorpaena nesogallica Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:4 and 28 [ref. 12248]; Bleeker designated Scorpaena gibbosa Bloch as type (not an included species) but on p. 28 treated nesogallica and gibbosa as synonyms, therefore nesogallica is type (Art. 69.2.2). •Valid as Scorpaenopsis Heckel 1837 (often dated 1839 or 1840) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:473 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:87 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:450 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2303 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:252 [ref. 25636], Randall & Eschmeyer 2002:5 [ref. 25801], Motomura 2004:546 [ref. 27914], Motomura et al. 2004:89 [ref. 28581], Motomura & Shinohara 2005:296 [ref. 29181], Allen et al. 2006:888 [ref. 29066], Motomura 2008:774 [ref. 20292], Motomura 2009:67 [ref. 30463], Motomura & Causse 2011:45 [ref. 31125], Motomura et al. 2011:100 [ref. 31717], Fricke et al. 2013:207 [ref. 32768], Kottelat 2013:314 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:68 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:134 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:55 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenopsis Heckel 1837. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Sebastapistes Gill [T. N.] in Streets 1877:62 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum v.1 (no. 7); ref. 4290] Masc. Scorpaena strongia Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Three included species, earliest type designation found is Jordan & Evermann 1898:1839 [ref. 2444]. •Synonym of Scorpaena Linnaeus 1758 but a valid subgenus Sebastapistes -- (Mandrytsa 2001:250 [ref. 25636]). •Valid as Sebastapistes Gill 1877 -- (Fröiland 1972:358 [ref. 30490], Blanc & Hureau 1973:585 [ref. 7218], Eschmeyer 1986:475 [ref. 5652], Poss 1999:2304 [ref. 24796], Randall & Poss 2002:61 [ref. 25855], Zajonz & Klausewitz 2002:1485 [ref. 26817], Allen et al. 2006:891 [ref. 29066], Motomura 2009:64 [ref. 30037], Motomura & Senou 2009:1 [ref. 30176], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Motomura et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33591], Fricke et al. 2018:136 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:103 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes Gill 1877. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Sebastoplus Gill [T. N.] 1863:208 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1682] Masc. Scorpaena kuhlii Bowdich 1825. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Pontinus Poey 1860 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:23 [ref. 1274], Blanc & Hureau 1973:582 [ref. 7218], Mandrytsa 2001:251 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Pontinus Poey 1860. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Sebastopsis Gill [T. N.] 1862:278 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1666] Fem. Scorpaena polylepis Bleeker 1851. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Scorpaenodes Bleeker 1857 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:2 [ref. 7813], Mandrytsa 2001:251 [ref. 25636], Poss et al. 2010:243 [ref. 30744]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaenodes Bleeker 1857. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae.

Simopias Gill [T. N.] 1905:224 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1394); ref. 1789] Masc. Scorpaena didactyla Pallas 1769. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Pelor Cuvier 1829, preoccupied by Pelor Bonelli 1813 in Coleoptera. Treated as a subgenus of Inimicus, but Gill wrongly thought filamentosum was type species of Pelor. •Synonym of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:483 [ref. 6385], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Inaba & Motomura 2018:53 [ref. 36154]). Current status: Synonym of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Synanceia Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:194 (xxxvii, 573) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Fem. Scorpaena horrida Linnaeus 1766. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Desmarest 1856:215 [ref. 17401] -- see Whitley 1939:223 [ref. 25866] but Whitley has wrong date for Desmarest. Spelled originally Synanceia (p. xxxvii), Synanceja (p. 194), and Synanceia (Pl. 45), but p. 194 corrected to Synanceia in corrigenda (p. 573). Synancia Agassiz 1846:358 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1973 [ref. 6391], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:478 [ref. 5652], Paxton et al. 1989:452 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2294 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:264 [ref. 25636], Allen et al. 2006:906 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2018:138 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:57 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:104 [ref. 36673], Matsunuma et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38413]). Current status: Valid as Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Synanceiidae: Synanceiinae.

Synancidium Müller [J.] 1843:302 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 9 (pt. 1); ref. 3063] Neut. Scorpaena horrida Linnaeus 1766. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first without included species. First addition of species not researched. Type designated by Swain 1883:277 [ref. 5966]. Synancydium by Agassiz 1845:63 [ref. 4889] and 1846:358 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Objective synonym of Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (see Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1973:342-343 [ref. 6391]). Current status: Synonym of Synanceia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Synanceiidae: Synanceiinae.

Trachyscorpia Ginsburg [I.] 1953:23, 57 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 121 (no. 8); ref. 1807] Fem. Scorpaena cristulata Goode & Bean 1896. Type by original designation. •Valid as Trachyscorpia Ginsburg 1953 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:46 [ref. 1274], Blanc & Hureau 1973:585 [ref. 7218], Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1228 [ref. 13677], Eschmeyer 1986:477 [ref. 5652], Gomon et al. 1994:493 [ref. 22532], Poss 1999:2298 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:256 [ref. 25636], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1235 [ref. 27048], Allen et al. 2006:867 [ref. 29078], Motomura et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29137], McCosker 2008:118 [ref. 29639], Johnson & Motomura 2008:498 [ref. 30648], Béarez & Motomura 2010:61 [ref. 30680], Struthers & Motomura 2015:1081 [ref. 34284], Bañón et al. 2016:321 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Trachyscorpia Ginsburg 1953. Scorpaenidae: Sebastolobinae.


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