cuniculus, Hoplolatilus Randall [J. E.] & Dooley [J. K.] 1974:466, Figs. 1D, 9 [Copeia 1974 (no. 2); ref. 5336] Edge of pass, Papara, off Popote Bay, Tahiti, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific], depth 36-45 meters. Holotype: BPBM 11996. Paratypes: AMS I.17155-001; BMNH 1973.7.17.2 (1); BPBM 9281 (2), 11997 (4); CAS 28354 (1); MNHN 1973-0035 (1); USNM 209534 (1 or 9). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:22 [ref. 15502]. •Valid as Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall & Dooley 1974 -- (Dooley 1978:66 [ref. 5499], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:152 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:566 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:154 [ref. 15987], Earle & Pyle 1997:382 [ref. 22771], Allen 1997:130 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:154 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:24 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:134 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:237 [ref. 24106], Dooley 1999:2640 [ref. 24837], Nakabo 2000:785 [ref. 25086], Dooley in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:221 [ref. 25191], Nakabo 2002:785 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:15 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:217 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:1128 [ref. 28995], Allen 2007:105 [ref. 29223], Allen et al. 2010:172 [ref. 30989], Motomura et al. 2010:114 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:420 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:177 [ref. 35805], Dooley 2022:379 [ref. 39861], Mulochau et al. 2022:268 [ref. 39073]). Current status: Valid as Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall & Dooley 1974. Malacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.