lineolatus, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:436 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Port Western, Victoria, Australia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6438 (1), A-9280 (2), A-9281 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:60 [ref. 19171]. Ophthalmolepis is feminine, so correct spelling is lineolata. •Valid as Ophthalmolepis lineolatus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:32 [ref. 24943], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1403 [ref. 29095]). •Valid as Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 1993:296 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:692 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:296 [ref. 25488], Russell & Gomon 2008:653 [ref. 30655], Kuiter 2010:312 [ref. 35285], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: marine.