maculatus, Chironectes Desjardins [J.] 1840:1, Pl. 2 [Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palæontologie (Sér. 2). v. 2 [for 1839]; ref. 17399] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4626. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:139 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:126 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:87 [ref. 20669], Kuiter 1997:44 [ref. 25488], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:68 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:105 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Nakabo 2000:457 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:457 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:155 [ref. 26192], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:71 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:128 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:78 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:147 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:87 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:123 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:290 [ref. 39710], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Solitary Islands (New South Wales, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.