polyporosus, Malacoctenus hubbsi Springer [V. G.] 1959:468, Pl. 6 (figs. 3-4) [Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas v. 5 (for Dec. 1958); ref. 10210] Islas Venados, just north of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype: USNM 174957. Paratypes: (499) ANSP 74511; BMNH 1957.5.1.90-149 (60); FMNH 61898 (32); CAS-SU 49677-79 (1, 1, 1); SIO 11-398 (9) (ex UCLA 51-29), 11-399 (23) (ex UCLA W51-54), 11-400 (7, not 8) (ex UCLA W51-58), 15-115 (130) (ex UCLA W51-20), 15-2444 (3) (ex UCLA W51-44); USNM 174960 (orig. 231, now 228). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:55 [ref. 12367], Springer & Orrell 1996:19 [ref. 22274]. •Synonym of Malacoctenus hubbsi Springer 1959 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:231 [ref. 22193]). •Synonym of Malacoctenus hubbsi Springer 1959, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Thomson et al. 2000:212 [ref. 25640]). •Valid as Malacoctenus polyporosus Springer 1959 -- (Patzner et al. 2009:463 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:10 [ref. 31156], Page et al. 2013:169 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:149 [ref. 34871]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus polyporosus Springer 1959. Labrisomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.