novacula, Coryphaena Linnaeus [C.] 1758:262 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Opinion 1799 suppresses Hemipteronotus so the correct combination is Xyrichtys novacula. •Valid as Hemipteronotus novacula (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:206 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:156 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:347 [ref. 23827], Westneat 2003:1719 [ref. 27105], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:525 [ref. 28815], Fricke et al. 2007:95 [ref. 29533], Wirtz et al. 2007:15, 37 [ref. 30263], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Page et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758) [sometimes with genus as Xyrichthys] -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:442 [ref. 7204], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:941 [ref. 13676], Randall 1986:706 [ref. 5706], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:880 [ref. 19219], Cervigón 1993:423 [ref. 24474], Andreata & Séret 1996:587 [ref. 16204], Porteiro et al. 1996:33 [ref. 23330], Santos et al. 1997:97 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:96 [ref. 24952], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:296 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:77 [ref. 25466], Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1646 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909] in Xirichthys, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:116 [ref. 26753] in Xyrichthys, Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:93 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:51 [ref. 37112] as Xyrichthys n., Fricke 2008:49 [ref. 30182], Kuiter 2010:369 [ref. 35285], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:56 [ref. 36649] as Xyrichthys n., Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:65 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:27 [ref. 34324], Shen & Clark 2016:33 [ref. 34165], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2758 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:287 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Nirchio et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36497], Reiner 2019:244 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:76 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:39 [ref. 37519], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Golani 2021:68 [ref. 38303] as Xyrichthys novacula, Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:468 [ref. 38945], Kovačić et al. 2021:71 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:290 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:211 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Spain south to Gabon, including Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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