Malacoctenus Gill [T. N.] 1860:103 Masc. Clinus delalandii Valenciennes 1836. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Malacoctenus Gill 1860 -- (Springer 1959:438 [ref. 10210], Greenfield & Johnson 1981:24 [ref. 5580], Springer 1995:495 [ref. 22273], Williams 2003:1757 [ref. 27109], Hastings & Springer 2009:12 [ref. 30391], Hastings 2009:102 [ref. 30397], Hastings & Springer 2009:10 [ref. 31156], Lin & Hastings 2013:3 [ref. 33286], Wirtz 2014:15 [ref. 33594], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2020:499 [ref. 37678]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus Gill 1860. Labrisomidae.