starcki, Hoplolatilus Randall [J. E.] & Dooley [J. K.] 1974:464, Figs. 1C, 6-8 [Copeia 1974 (no. 2); ref. 5336] Outside fringing reef, northwestern Cocos Island, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific, depth 75 feet. Holotype: BPBM 7298. Paratypes: AMS I.17154-001 (1); BMNH 1973.7.17.1 (1); BPBM 7297 (1), 9202 (2), 9441 (1), 9535 (1), 11662 (now 0), 12455-57 (1, 1, 1), 12571 (1), 14005 (1); CAS 28353 (1); MNHN 1973-0034 (1); USNM 209535 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:22 [ref. 15502]. •Valid as Hoplolatilus starcki Randall & Dooley 1974 -- (Dooley 1978:65 [ref. 5499], Fricke 1981:117 [ref. 30500], Paxton et al. 1989:566 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:154 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1997:148 [ref. 24620], Earle & Pyle 1997:382 [ref. 22771], Allen 1997:130 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:152 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:154 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:135 [ref. 23965], Dooley 1999:2640 [ref. 24837], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:221 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], 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], Allen & Erdmann 2012:423 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:80 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:35 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:142 [ref. 36673], Moore et al. 2020:109 [ref. 37357], Allen & Erdmann 2024:451 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Hoplolatilus starcki Randall & Dooley 1974. Malacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to northern Australia and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.