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Species in the genus Doratonotus: [ 5 ] records

boekei, Doratonotus Metzelaar [J.] 1919:107, Fig. 31 [Report on the fishes; ref. 2982] Curaçao and Bonaire. Syntypes: (3) ZMA 113102 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:92 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

decoris, Doratonotus Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899:354 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7; ref. 1283] Ponce, Puerto Rico. Holotype (unique): USNM 49363. •Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862 -- (Gomon & Forsyth 1990:873 [ref. 19219], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

megalepis, Doratonotus Günther [A.] 1862:125 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] St. Christopher, West Indies. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2012.11.10.2. •Valid as Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:202 [ref. 23100], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:873 [ref. 19219], Boschung 1992:155 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:346 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:404 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:292 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25466], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:116 [ref. 26784], Westneat 2003:1709 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:512 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2007:37 [ref. 30263], Kuiter 2010:167 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:62 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34324], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2749 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:243 [ref. 38139], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844]Maranhão to São Paulo). Current status: Valid as Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862. Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands, São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

thalassinus, Doratonotus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1884:28 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 402); ref. 12325] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 34969. •Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862 -- (Gomon & Forsyth 1990:873 [ref. 19219], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

wetmorelloides, Antonichthys Bauchot [M.-L.] & Blanc [M.] 1961:50, Fig. 3 (a-c) [Atlantide Report No. 6; ref. 210] Rolas Island, São Tomé, eastern Atlantic. Holotype: ZMUC P5713. Paratypes: MNHN 1962-0258 [ex ZMUC] (2); ZMUC P5714-25 (?now 10). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:69 [ref. 9588] as 5714-23. Original genus changed to Doratonotus in Corrigendum on p. 50a. •Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862 -- (Gomon & Forsyth 1990:873 [ref. 19219], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Kuiter 2010:167 [ref. 35285]). Current status: Synonym of Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862. Labridae. Habitat: marine.