temminckii, Aulacocephalus Bleeker [P.] 1855:12 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 26 (art. 4); ref. 357] Nagasaki, Japan. No types known. Appeared without description with reference to Aulacocephalus Schlegel. •Valid as Aulacocephalus temminckii Bleeker 1855 -- (Randall et al. 1971:173 [ref. 30341] as temmincki, Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:139 [ref. 6441] as temmincki, Randall 1986:537 [ref. 5706], Paxton et al. 1989:516 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:177 [ref. 24556] as temmincki, Kuiter 1993:141 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479] as temmincki, Goren & Dor 1994:24 [ref. 25356], Kuiter 1997:122 [ref. 25488], Baldwin & Smith 1998:335 [ref. 23622], Fricke 1999:210 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2473 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:726 [ref. 25086] as temmincki, Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:726 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:309, 589 [ref. 26218] as temmincki, Randall et al. 2005:119 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Bray 2006:1000 [ref. 29000], Khalaf & Zajonz 2007:427 [ref. 31739], Fricke et al. 2009:43 [ref. 30213], Randall & Schraml 2010:170 [ref. 40110], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:113 [ref. 36167], Stewart 2015:1201 [ref. 34196], Golani & Fricke 2018:60 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:47 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:49 [ref. 38701], Heemstra 2022:79 [ref. 39742], Esmaeili et al. 2023:226 [ref. 40327]). Current status: Valid as Aulacocephalus temminckii Bleeker 1855. Liopropomatidae: Diploprioninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: antitropical: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), southern Mozambique, Comoros and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Rapa (French Polynesia), south to New Zealand and Kermadec Islands; Thailand north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.