A taxonomic review of the Scorpaenodes kelloggi complex, including S. kelloggi, S. keelingensis and S. hirsutus, characterized by having usually 8 dorsal-fin soft rays, 27–35 longitudinal series scale rows, and nasal spines, and lacking scales on the underside of the head, dark blotches on the opercle and subopercle, a black vertical band basally on the pectoral fin, and white spots on the body, resulted in the recognition of two valid species: S. kelloggi and S. hirsutus, S. keelingensis being a junior synonym of the former. The two species are redescribed, including 19 newly recognized diagnostic features, including head spination, meristics, morphometrics, and coloration. Both are widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, with S. kelloggi and S. hirsutus being recorded for the first time from Japan and French Polynesia, respectively.

的的分类审查小鲉属kelloggi复杂，包括小号。凯洛吉，S。基林种和S . hirsutus，其特征是通常有 8 条背鳍软鳍条，27-35 条纵列鳞片行，和鼻棘，头部下方没有鳞片，鳃盖和亚鳃盖上有黑色斑点，基底上有一条黑色垂直带胸鳍和身体上的白点导致识别出两个有效物种：S. kelloggi和S. hirsutus , S. keelingensis是前者的初级同义词。这两个物种被重新描述，包括 19 个新识别的诊断特征，包括头部旋转、分生组织、形态测量学和着色。两者都广泛分布于印度洋-太平洋，其中S. kelloggi和S. hirsutus分别在日本和法属波利尼西亚首次被记录。