macroptera, Cichla Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:342 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] New Zealand. No types known. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). •Valid as Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster 1801) -- (Allen & Heemstra 1976:312 [ref. 7330], Hardy in Amaoka et al. 1990:286 [ref. 16024], Paulin et al. 1989:202 [ref. 24556], Paulin & Roberts 1992:122 [ref. 24625], Kuiter 1993:260 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:653 [ref. 22532], Smith et al. 1996:209 [ref. 23251], Kuiter 1997:242 [ref. 25488], Burridge 1999:414 [ref. 23946], Burridge & White 2000:438 [ref. 24553], Jordan 2001:661 [ref. 25555], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1359 [ref. 29094] with authorship as Boch & Schneider, Roberts & Gomon 2008:629 [ref. 30641], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:115 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1356 [ref. 34193], Kimura et al. 2018:68 [ref. 36401], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Ludt et al. 2019:134 [ref. 36635]). Current status: Valid as Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster 1801). Latridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern Australia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.