Species that contain: Sebastapistes and nuchalis [ 3 ] records

corallicola, Sebastapistes Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:493, Fig. 38 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50691. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7729 (35), U.S. Fish Comm. 2756 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:122 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Sebastapistes nuchalis (Günther 1874) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:585 [ref. 7218]). •Synonym of Scorpaena ballieui Sauvage 1875 -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:317 [ref. 6389]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes ballieui (Sauvage 1875) -- (Mundy 2005:331 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:178 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33591]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes ballieui (Sauvage 1875). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

kowiensis, Scorpaena Smith [J. L. B.] 1935:224 [Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown v. 4; ref. 4066] Port Alfred, South Africa, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 123 [ex AMG]. •Valid as Scorpaena kowienesis Smith 1935 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes nuchalis (Günther 1874) -- (Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1223 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker 1856) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:475 [ref. 5652], Randall 2005:125 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

nuchalis, Scorpaena Günther [A.] 1874:76 [Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee Bd 1 (Heft 3); ref. 18231] Raratonga Island, Cook Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.9.13.232. •Valid as Sebastapistes nuchalis (Günther 1874) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:585 [ref. 7218], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1223 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.