macrodon, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:252, 273 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, or Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9143 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:95 [ref. 12478]. Based on drawing in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). See also Gon 1993:33 [ref. 21133]. See Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 for discussion on synonymy and usage. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 -- (Fricke 1999:232 [ref. 24106], Allen et al. 2006:1100 [ref. 29004], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [ref. 30213]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:117 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:31 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:149 [ref. 15987], Gon 1993:30 [ref. 21133], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:162 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953], Randall 1995:163 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:259 [ref. 27969] in Chelidopterus, Allen 1997:100 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:152 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:55 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:136 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:149 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Randall 1999:14 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:753 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:217 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:753 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:32 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624] dated 1801, Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:186 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:199 [ref. 28239], Shibukawa 2009:109 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2010:50 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:376 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:43 [ref. 34429], Ranjith et al. 2015:55 [ref. 34723], Koeda et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:166 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:161 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:36 [ref. 37020] as Cheliodipterus m., Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Fraser et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39752], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:155 [ref. 41223], Sandra et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39181], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:54 [ref. 40689], Allen & Erdmann 2024:400 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.