carpentariae, Merogymnoides Whitley [G. P.] 1966:240, Fig. 4 [Australian Zoologist v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 4734] Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.7145. Paratypes: AMS I.15557-212 (2), CSIRO (1, not found in 1997). •Synonym of Opistognathus macrolepis Peters 1866 -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1075 [ref. 29000], Smith-Vaniz et al. 2012:20 [ref. 32262], Smith-Vaniz 2023:72 [ref. 40049]). Current status: Synonym of Opistognathus macrolepis Peters 1866. Opistognathidae. Habitat: marine.