| Citation | Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura, 2018, Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880.. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. |
| Ref. | 128010 Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura, 2018 |
| Page | 225;fig.9D-F,10,13D-E,14-18, |
| Named Used as Valid | Minous trachycephalus |
| Comment | fig.19G-K,20E,24B;tab.1-5,7 |
| Locality | Indonesia, Sulawesi, Manado, RMNH.PISC. 5901. |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific: widespread; from the Red Sea and Madagascar east to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, and northern Australia north to the Gulf of Thailand; 9-112 m (mostly >50 m depth). |
| Quote | including Taiwan, Vietnam, Sumatra (Indonesia), India and Sri Lanka but needs further confirmation. |