nudus, Chirocentrus Swainson [W.] 1839:294 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] No locality [Visakhapatnam, India, eastern Indian Ocean]. No types known. Based on Russell, pl. 199 -- which is Russell 1803:Pl 199 [ref. 13862]. •Valid as Chirocentrus nudus Swainson 1839 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:28 [ref. 19754], Whitehead 1985:24 [ref. 5141], Coad 1991:25 [ref. 15702], Goren & Dor 1994:11 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:73 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:140 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:120 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:81 [ref. 24106], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:239 [ref. 24754], Munroe et al. 1999:1773 [ref. 24729], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Zhang 2001:158 [ref. 26586], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:22 [ref. 27712], Paxton et al. 2006:322 [ref. 28996], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:16 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:160 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:310 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:53 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:32 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:24 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 7 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:302 [ref. 37272], Heemstra 2022:178 [ref. 39695]). Current status: Valid as Chirocentrus nudus Swainson 1839. Chirocentridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles and Madagascar east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.