Novaculops Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods 1960:(122) 143 Masc. Novaculichthys woodi Jenkins 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943], Randall & Earle 2002:390 [ref. 26445]). •Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Shen & Yeh 1987:64 [ref. 6419] based on placement of type species, Randall et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29753]). •Valid as Novaculops Schultz 1960 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 2010:383 [ref. 35285], Randall 2013:20 [ref. 32688], Ho et al. 2013:75 [ref. 33261], Motomura et al. 2017:185 [ref. 35490], Parenti & Randall 2018:19 [ref. 35964], Fukui 2020:555 [ref. 37325]). Current status: Valid as Novaculops Schultz 1960. Labridae.