affinis, Uranoscopus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:304 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5263. •Valid as Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier 1829 -- (Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Kishimoto 2001:3527 [ref. 26287], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Bray & Hoese 2006:1513 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Larson et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32988], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Motomura et al. 2017:192 [ref. 35490], Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36122], Golani & Fricke 2018:135 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:241 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:535 [ref. 37272], Prokofiev 2020:678 [ref. 37858], Prokofiev 2021:674 [ref. 38659], Arnold 2022:322 [ref. 39949]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus affinis Cuvier 1829. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, India and Myanmar east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.