Species that contain: Sebastapistes and strongia [ 9 ] records

bakeri, Scorpaena Seale [A.] 1901:120 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: (4) ANSP 87606 (1), BPBM 254 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:152 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

bynoensis, Scorpaena Richardson [J.] 1845:22, Pl. 14 (figs. 3-5) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Northwestern coast of Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Scorpaena bynoensis Richarson 1845 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:315 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Sebastapistes bynoensis (Richardson 1845) -- (Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122]). •Synonym of Scorpaena picta Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:449 [ref. 12442], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:325 [ref. 28867], Larson et al. 2013:81 [ref. 32988]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen et al. 2006:882 [ref. 29066] with Kuhl & van Hasselt as authors). •Synonym of Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838) -- (Motomura et al. 2009:45 [ref. 30319]). Current status: Synonym of Parascorpaena aurita (Rüppell 1838). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. 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.

laniaria, Scorpaena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:324 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6657. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:13-14 [ref. 20738]. Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308] served as first revisers selecting strongia over laniaria -- both species described in the same publication. •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

nebulosus, Phenacoscorpius Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:177, Pl. 8 (fig. K) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 12; ref. 4120] Bazaruto (21°30'S), South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 324. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 414 (1). •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239]). 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.

oglinus, Kantapus Smith [J. L. B.] 1947:817 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77); ref. 4073] Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 314. •Synonym of Sebastapistes tristis -- (Frøiland 1972:358 [ref. 30490], Dor 1984:85 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Scorpaena oglinus (Smith 1947) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:448 [ref. 12442], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:326 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:891 [ref. 29066], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.

strongia, Scorpaena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:323 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Kosrae, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 1940 (3). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:17 [ref. 20738]. Sebastes strongensis Günther is an unneeded emendation. •Valid as Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Dor 1984:84 [ref. 29757], Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Winterbottom et al. 1989:21 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:84 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:22 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:84 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:100 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:164 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2346 [ref. 24796], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:577 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:577 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:619 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:41 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624] dated 1839, Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:891 [ref. 29066], Motomura 2009:63 [ref. 30037], Motomura et al. 2010:92 [ref. 31256], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:65 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:379 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2011:70 [ref. 31308], Allen & Erdmann 2012:238 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:256 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:54 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33591], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:23 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:136 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:28 [ref. 36883], Wibowo & Motomura 2021:[35] [ref. 38565], Poss & Motomura 2022:547 [ref. 39725]). Current status: Valid as Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Mariana Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

tristis, Scorpaena Klunzinger [C. B.] 1870:802 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 20; ref. 2621] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1413. Paralectotypes: SMF 10626 (1); NMW 3550 (1), 19836 (2); ZMB 7870 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:271 [ref. 19946]. Lectotype established by Frøiland 1972:358, Figs. 1-3 [ref. 30490]. •Valid as Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger 1870) -- (Frøiland 1972:358 [ref. 30490], Dor 1984:84 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:22 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer 1986:476 [ref. 5652], Randall et al. 1990:84 [ref. 15987], Randall 2005:126 [ref. 28239], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:65 [ref. 35264], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.