macropus, Myxodes Poey [F.] 1868:399 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Cuba. Syntypes: MCZ 12511 (2). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:217 [ref. 22926]. •Valid as Malacoctenus macropus (Poey 1868) -- (Greenfield & Johnson 1981:28 [ref. 5580], Robins & Ray 1986:227 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1994:85 [ref. 24488], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:306 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:165 [ref. 27754], Williams 2003:1759 [ref. 27109], Smith et al. 2003:50 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:163 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:600 [ref. 28815], Patzner et al. 2009:463 [ref. 30396], Page et al. 2013:169 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:68 [ref. 33341], Wirtz 2014:18 [ref. 33594], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2020:515 [ref. 37678], Robertson et al. 2020:158 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:77 [ref. 38844], Page et al. 2023:154 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus macropus (Poey 1868). Labrisomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.