novemaculeatus, Dules Steindachner [F.] 1866:50 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 3 (no. 7); ref. 20460] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: (4) NMW 38828 (2). Appeared first in the abstract as above, then in Steindachner 1866:428 [p. 5 of separate], Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [ref. 4210]. •Valid as Macquaria novemaculeata (Steindachner 1866) -- (MacDonald 1978:695 [ref. 28746], Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:113 [ref. 25473], Paxton et al. 1989:513 [ref. 12442], Musyl & Keenan 1992:1598 [ref. 21991], Harris & Rowland in McDowall 1996:155 [ref. 22909], Johnson 1999:730 [ref. 25471], Pusey & Kennard 2001:22 [ref. 25401], Unmack 2001:1062 [ref. 25797], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:203 [ref. 25930], Paxton et al. 2006:1044 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:532 [ref. 30616], Hammer et al. 2012:67 [ref. 32389], Kuiter 2018:54 [ref. 36369]). •Valid as Percalates novemaculeatus (Steindachner 1866) -- (Lavoué et al. 2014:47 [ref. 34071] not in Percichthyidae). Current status: Valid as Percalates novemaculeatus (Steindachner 1866). "Percalates-clade". Distribution: Southeastern Australia: Victoria and New South Wales. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.