marisrubri, Macropharyngodon bipartitus Randall [J. E.] 1978:759, Figs. 5 a-b [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7004] Taba, south of Eilat, Egypt, northwestern coast of Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 12 meters. Holotype: BPBM 13404. Paratypes: BPBM 13387 (2); CAS 34699 (1); HUJ 5992 (1), 7224 (2); USNM 215268-71 (1, 2, 1, 1). Type catalog: Golani 2006:30 [ref. 28840]. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon bipartitus Smith 1957, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Dor 1984:205 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Macropharyngodon bipartitus Smith 1957 but a valid subspecies -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Macropharyngodon marisrubri Randall 1978 -- (Randall 2013:13 [ref. 2015], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Parenti & Randall 2018:18 [ref. 35964], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:227 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon marisrubri Randall 1978. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.