macrophthalmos, Plectropoma Tschudi [J. J. von] 1846:6 [Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana; ref. 4469] Lurin and Callao, Peru. Syntypes: (several) ZMB 291 (1). Type catalog: Kottelat 1987:50 [ref. 25858] as macrophthalmus and with ZMB 291 as holotype. •Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846) -- (Pequeño 1989:59 [ref. 14125], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], as macrophthalmus, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:304 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:355 [ref. 24555], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957] as macrophthalmus). •Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846) in Hemilutjanidae -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:132 [ref. 37354]). •Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846) in Malakichthyidae -- (Smith et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39586], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:310 [ref. 40819]). Current status: Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Peru south to Chile, includign Galapagos Islands (Equador). Habitat: marine.