Species that contain: Scorpaenopsis and fowleri [ 3 ] records

badiorufus, Sebastapistes Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:409 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Takaroa Atoll, Tuamotu Islands. Holotype (unique): FMNH 17337. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:78 [ref. 12367]. Original as badio-rufus. •Synonym of Scorpaenopsis fowleri Pietschmann 1934 -- (authors). •Synonym of Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934) -- (Randall & Poss 2002:57 [ref. 25855], Randall 2005:125 [ref. 28239], Motomura & Senou 2009:3 [ref. 30176]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

fowleri, Scorpaena Pietschmann [V.] 1934:100 [1] [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 71 (no. 9) (for 8 Mar. 1934); ref. 16452] Makaua, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Lectotype: NMW 6341. Paralectotypes: NMW 6342-43 (2). On p. 1 of separate (probably published first). Also in Pietschmann 1938:30, Pl. 9 [ref. 17214]. Lectotype selected by Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:297 [ref. 6389]. •Valid as Scorpaenopsis fowleri (Pietschmann 1934) -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:297 [ref. 6389], Winterbottom et al. 1989:21 [ref. 13251], Myers 1999:98 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2342 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829]). •Valid as Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934) -- (Randall & Poss 2002:57 [ref. 25855], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:125 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:332 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:178 [ref. 30952], Motomura & Senou 2009:3 [ref. 30176], Motomura et al. 2010:92 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:69 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:237 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:22 [ref. 35333], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[33] [ref. 38565], Dewa et al. 2022:17 [ref. 40001], Mochizuki et al. 2022:66 [ref. 39927], Poss & Motomura 2022:546 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Agalega Islands (Mauritius), western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Papua New Guinea, Chesterfield Islands and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.

hassi, Sebastapistes Klausewitz [W.] 1970:72, Fig. 1 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 51 (nos 1/2); ref. 7999] Addu Atoll, Maldives Islands, depth 38 meters. Holotype (unique): SMF 9860. •Synonym of Scorpaenopsis fowleri (Pietschmann 1934) -- (auhors). •Synonym of Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934) -- (Randall & Poss 2002:57 [ref. 25855], Randall 2005:125 [ref. 28239] but as Sebastapistes klausewitz, Motomura & Senou 2009:3 [ref. 30176]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann 1934). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.