zacae, Malacoctenus Springer [V. G.] 1959:470, Pl. 6 (fig. 5) [Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas v. 5 (for Dec. 1958); ref. 10210] Puerto Marqués, south of Acapulco, Guerro, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 49685. Paratypes: (68) BMNH 1957.5.1.88-89 (2); CAS-SU 49686-90 (8, 27, 1, 4, 1); FMNH 61899 (12); SIO 11-1031 (2) (ex UCLA 52-263); UMMZ 171895 (2); USNM 174966 (6). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:55 [ref. 12367], Springer & Orrell 1996:23 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Malacoctenus zacae Springer 1959 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:233 [ref. 22193], Hastings in Fischer et al. 1995:1014 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:207 [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], Page et al. 2013:170 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:198 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:154 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus zacae Springer 1959. Labrisomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Guerrero (Mexico). Habitat: marine.