triangulatus, Malacoctenus Springer [V. G.] 1959:477, Pl. 7 (fig. 4) [Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas v. 5 (for Dec. 1958); ref. 10210] West of Delaporte Point, New Providence Island, Bahamas, 25°05'04"N, 77°27"42'W, Caribbean Sea. Holotype: ANSP 74729. Paratypes: (263) ANSP (32 lots, 200, 1 c&s,); BMNH 1888.1.19.92-101 (22), 1939.5.12.180 (1); FMNH 6981 (1), 59878 (7); IMSC uncat. (3); UMMZ 171181, 171193 (2), 171225 (1); USNM 37430 (1), 82536-37 (1, 1), 88120 (1), 114760 (1), 116823-24 (17, 2), 128794 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:62 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:55 [ref. 12367], Springer & Orrell 1996:22 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Malacoctenus triangulatus Springer 1959 -- (Greenfield & Johnson 1981:29 [ref. 5580], Robins & Ray 1986:227 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1994:86 [ref. 24488], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:165 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:117 [ref. 26784], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943] as aff. triangulatus, Williams 2003:1759 [ref. 27109], Smith et al. 2003:50 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:163 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:601 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Patzner et al. 2009:463 [ref. 30396], Guimarães et al. 2010:54 [ref. 30917], Page et al. 2013:169 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:68 [ref. 33341], Wirtz 2014:19 [ref. 33594], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2020:516 [ref. 37678], Robertson et al. 2020:158 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:77 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:72 [ref. 39585], Page et al. 2023:154 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus triangulatus Springer 1959. Labrisomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.