Species that contain: Scorpaena and erostris [ 2 ] records

erostris, Scorpaena Alcock [A. W.] 1896:302 [2] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3); ref. 91] Off southern Sri Lanka, 6°06'30"N, 81°23'00"E, Investigator station 59, depth 62 - 77 meters (34 or 42 fathoms). Lectotype: ZSI F12977. Paralectotype: ZSI F12978 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:155 [ref. 20743]. On p. 2 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 18 (fig. 6) [ref. 20534]. Lectotype selected by Motomura et al. 2015:530 [ref. 33980]. •Valid as Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896) -- (Motomura et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31308] with possible synonyms, Motomura et al. 2015:530 [ref. 33980], Fricke et al. 2018:130 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Psomadakis et al. 2020:359 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:115 [ref. 41223], Osmany & Moazzam 2022:545 [ref. 39956], Poss & Motomura 2022:522 [ref. 39725], Fricke et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40204], Matsumoto et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40158], Matsumoto et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40585], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:298 [ref. 40698], Allen & Erdmann 2024:242 [ref. 40796], Matsumoto & Motomura 2024:10 [ref. 41231]). Current status: Valid as Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Thukela Bank (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Wallis and Futuna, north to Tosa Bay (Japan), south to New Caledonia and northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

gibbifrons, Scorpaena Fowler [H. W.] 1938:58, Fig. 23 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Off Cabugan Grande Island, vicinity of Surigao Strait, Philippines, 10°27'30"N, 125°18'E, Albatross station D.5482, depth 67 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 98900. •Valid as Scorpaena gibbifrons Fowler 1938 -- (Poss 1999:2335 [ref. 24796], Motomura et al. 2005:29 [ref. 28339]). •Belongs in genus Neomerinthe -- (Motomura et al. 2006:367 [ref. 28789]). •Valid as Neomerinthe gibbifrons (Fower 1938) -- (Motomura et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31308]). •Synonym of Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896) -- (Motomura et al. 2015:530 [ref. 33980], Fricke et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40204]). Current status: Synonym of Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock 1896). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.