Hypererythrops spiniferus (Hansen, 1910)

= Erythrops spinifera Hansen, 1910

= Hypererythrops spinifera (Hansen, 1910)

Type locality. Cera Sea, Indonesia (Hansen 1910) .

Record from Thailand. South-eastern Andaman Sea, next to Phuket Island (Fukuoka & Murano 2002).

Habitat and depth range. Marine, depth: 32–80 m (Fukuoka & Murano 2002) .

Distribution. This species is distributed in Indonesia (Hansen 1910), Andaman Island (W.M. Tattersall 1922), Australia (W.M. Tattersall 1936; Lowry & Stoddart 2003), Arabian Sea (Pillai 1964), Japan (Ii 1964; Valbonesi & Murano 1980), Strait of Malacca (O.S. Tattersall 1965), South China Sea (Liu & Wang 1986; Wang & Liu 1994), East China Sea (Wang & Liu 1997) and Andaman Sea (Fukuoka & Murano 2002).

Remarks. The term spinifera is unacceptable due to the incorrect gender ending, therefore, the valid name of the species is spiniferus (Mees & Meland 2022d) .