brachydactylus, Cheilodactylus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:361 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8513 (1), RMNH (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:9 [ref. 15502] as paratype at MNHN and holotype at RMNH. •Valid as Goniistius brachydactylus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Kimura et al. 2018:69 [ref. 36401]). •Valid as Chirodactylus brachydactylus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Smith 1980:2 [ref. 6907], Smith 1986:667 [ref. 5712], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:166 [ref. 25472], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:323 [ref. 28072], Ludt et al. 2019:128 [ref. 36635], Heemstra 2022:84 [ref. 39885]). Current status: Valid as Chirodactylus brachydactylus (Cuvier 1830). Latridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic to southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Goof Hope (South Africa), then north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.