macrolepidotus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:135, Pl. 284 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] Locality unknown [Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2633. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:90 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Novaculichthys macrolepidotus (Bloch 1791) -- (Dor 1984:205 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:699 [ref. 5706], Kuiter 1993:295 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:196, 198 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:195 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:425 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1013 [ref. 25182], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1013 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Randall & Lobel 2003:971 [ref. 27563], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Kuiter 2010:386 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Novaculoides macrolepidotus (Bloch 1791) -- (Randall & Earle 2004:40 [ref. 27618], Randall & Spreinat 2004:46 [ref. 27610], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:348 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:425 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1403 [ref. 29095], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:702 [ref. 31980], Bourjon & Fricke 2016:109 [ref. 34626], Fricke et al. 2018:288 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:229 [ref. 39916], Fricke et al. 2024:77 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Novaculoides macrolepidotus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines, New Guinea and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.