margaritae, Acteis Fowler [H. W.] 1944:285, Fig. 239 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] Tide pool at Saboga, Perlas Islands, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: ANSP 70047. Paratypes: ANSP 70050-59 (10). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:61 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Malacoctenus margaritae (Fowler 1944) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:232 [ref. 22193], Hastings in Fischer et al. 1995:1014 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:208 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:213 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:163 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:155 [ref. 37547], Patzner et al. 2009:463 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:10 [ref. 31156], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:238 [ref. 36362]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus margaritae (Fowler 1944). Labrisomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.