Species that contain: Uranoscopus and sulphureus [ 2 ] records

fuscomaculatus, Uranoscopus Kner [R.] 1868:28 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 58 (nos 1-2); ref. 6074] Kandavu Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype (unique): NMW 59954. Appeared in more detail in Kner 1868:319 [27 of separate] [ref. 2646]. •Synonym of Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes 1832 -- (Randall et al. 1990:355 [ref. 15987], Randall 2005:470 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus Kner 1868 -- (Dor 1984:221 [ref. 29757], Brüss 1987:965 [ref. 9168], Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Goren & Dor 1994:58 [ref. 25356], Randall & Arnold 2012:214 [ref. 32259], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36122], Golani & Fricke 2018:135 [ref. 36273], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Prokofiev 2021:671 [ref. 38659]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus fuscomaculatus Kner 1868. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Vanuatu and Fiji Habitat: marine.

sulphureus, Uranoscopus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Quoy & Gaimard) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:495 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Tonga, South Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5152. Based on manuscript description by Quoy & Gaimard. •Valid as Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes 1832 -- (Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Randall et al. 1990:357 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:357 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:215 [ref. 23965], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:386 [ref. 25191], Kishimoto 2001:3529 [ref. 26287] dated 1831, Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495] dated 1831, Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:470 [ref. 28239], Bray & Hoese 2006:1514 [ref. 29049], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251], Fricke et al. 2009:92 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:763 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Fricke 2018:159 [ref. 36122], Prokofiev 2020:678 [ref. 37858], Prokofiev 2021:671 [ref. 38659]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes 1832. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Tonga and Samoa. Habitat: marine.