niger, Pontinus Fourmanoir [P.] 1971:42, Fig. 6 [Cahiers O. R. S. T. O. M. (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) Série Océanographie v. 8 (no. 3) (1970); ref. 871] Pacific, 9°56'S, 141°52'W, depth 0-1200 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1970-0034. •Synonym of Ectreposebastes imus Garman 1899 -- (Collette & Uyeno 1972 [ref. 21055]). •Valid as Ectreposebastes niger (Fourmanoir 1971) -- (Paulin 1982:439 [ref. 23678], Paulin et al. 1989:168 [ref. 24556], Mandrytsa 1990:29 [ref. 19834], Mandrytsa 2001:275 [ref. 25636], Allen et al. 2006:869 [ref. 29078], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1084 [ref. 34285], Romanov et al. 2021:286 [ref. 38989], Poss 2022:566 [ref. 39726]). Current status: Valid as Ectreposebastes niger (Fourmanoir 1971). Scorpaenidae: Setarchinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique, Saya de Malha Bank and La Pérouse Seamount (La Réunion, Mascarenes) east to Marquesas Islands. Habitat: marine.