| Citation | Fricke, R., J. Mahafina, F. Behivoke, H. Jaonalison, M. Léopold and D. Ponton, 2018, Annotated checklist of the fishes of Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, with 158 new records.. FishTaxa 3(1):1-432. |
| Ref. | 117576 Fricke, R., J. Mahafina, F. Behivoke, H. Jaonalison, M. Léopold and D. Ponton, 2018 |
| Page | 135-6 |
| Named Used as Valid | Scorpaenopsis vittapinna |
| Comment | first record; |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Marquesas and Society islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. |
| Quote | New record from north of Toliara, based on USNM 307939. |