moyeri, Macropharyngodon Shepard [J. W.] & Meyer [K. A.] 1978:159, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 25 (no. 3); ref. 8878] Miyakejima, Igaya Bay, Izu Islands, Japan, depth 17 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 18352. Paratypes: BPBM 20329 (1), CAS 38089 (1), NSMT-P 29835 [was TMBS 760926-7] (1). Type catalog: Moyer & Matsuura 1991:82 [ref. 19927]. •Valid as Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & Meyer 1978 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:986 [ref. 25182], Endo et al. 2001:41 [ref. 26604], Nakabo 2002:986 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:170 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:280 [ref. 35285]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & Meyer 1978. Labridae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.