brunoi, Malacoctenus Guimarães [R. Z. P.], Nunan [G. W.] & Gasparini [J. L.] 2010:51, Figs. 1-4 [Zootaxa No. 2567; ref. 30917] Tide pool, Enseada dos Portugueses, Trindade Island, off southeastern Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 21978 [ex LBRP 5377]. Paratypes: CIUFEAS 1316 (3, c&s), 1317 (3); LBRM 4214 (1), 5377 (1), 5382 (10); MBML 594 (3); ZUEC 2652 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Malacoctenus brunoi Guimarães, Nunan & Gasparini 2010 -- (Wirtz 2014:19 [ref. 33594], Pinheiro et al. 2015:29 [ref. 34324], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2020:514 [ref. 37678], Carvalho-Filho 2023:225 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus brunoi Guimarães, Nunan & Gasparini 2010. Labrisomidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Trindade Island and Martin-Vaz Archipelago (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: marine.