Species that contain: Sebastapistes and mauritiana [ 4 ] records

axillaris, Scorpaena Bliss [R.] 1883:51 [Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.) v. 13; ref. 16966] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MCZ 6028. •Synonym of Sebastapistes mauritiana Cuvier 1829 -- (Fricke 1999:163 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (W. Eschmeyer, pers. observation of holotype, Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Motomura & Shinohara 2005:300 [ref. 29181]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

hatizyoensis, Scorpaena Matsubara [K.] 1943:301, Fig. 103 [Transactions Sigenkagaku Kenkyusyo No. 2; ref. 2905] Hatizyô-zima, Japan. Holotype (unique): FAKU 6083. •Valid as Scorpaena hatizyoensis Matsubara 1943 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829) -- (Motomura et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33591]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

mauritiana, Scorpaena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:322 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5711. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:15 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Randall et al. 1997:504 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:100 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:163 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2345 [ref. 24796], Randall 1999:10 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268] as maruitiana, Nakabo 2000:579 [ref. 25086], Randall & Earle 2000:10 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:579 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:891 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:237 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33591], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:136 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:28 [ref. 36883], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[33] [ref. 38565]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, Japan, south to New Caledonia and Rapa. Habitat: marine.

megastoma, Scorpaena Sauvage [H.-E.] 1878:127, Pl. 1 (fig. 7) [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Série 2) v. 1; ref. 3880] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4069. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:15 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Fricke 1999:164 [ref. 24106], Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308], Motomura et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33591]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.