Species that contain: Dactylophora and nigricans [ 5 ] records

coxii, Psilocranium Macleay [W.] 1884:440, Pl. 22 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 2873] Watson's Bay, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS B.290 (1). •Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850) -- (Allen & Heemstra 1976:312 [ref. 7330], Allen et al. 2006:1358 [ref. 29094]). Current status: Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850). Latridae. Habitat: marine.

mulhallii, Chilodactylus Macleay [W.] 1882:366 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 7 (pt 3); ref. 17588] Sydney fish market, New South Wales, Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850) -- (Allen & Heemstra 1976:312 [ref. 7330], Allen et al. 2006:1358 [ref. 29094]). Current status: Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850). Latridae. Habitat: marine.

nebulosus, Chilodactylus Klunzinger [C. B.] 1872:26 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 38 (pt. 1); ref. 2623] Queens's Cliff, Hobson's Bay, Victoria, South Australia. Holotype (unique): SMNS 1595. Type catalog: Fricke 1992:8 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:27 [ref. 29864]. •Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850) -- (Allen & Heemstra 1976:312 [ref. 7330], Allen et al. 2006:1358 [ref. 29094]). Current status: Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850). Latridae. Habitat: marine.

nigricans, Cheilodactylus Richardson [J.] 1850:63 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850 (pt 18) (art. 1) (for 9 Apr. 1850); ref. 3745] King George Sound, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): NMSZ 1980.073.003 (dry skin). Type catalog: Herman et al. 1990:3 [ref. 20727]. •Valid as Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850) -- (Allen & Heemstra 1976:312 [ref. 7330], Kuiter 1993:259 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:651 [ref. 22532], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:1358 [ref. 29094], Roberts & Gomon 2008:628 [ref. 30641], Kimura et al. 2018:69 [ref. 36401], Ludt et al. 2019:129 [ref. 36635], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850). Latridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: New South Wales and southern Australia to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

semimaculata, Dactylophora De Vis [C. W.] 1883:284 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 1088] South Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.1019. •Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850) -- (Allen & Heemstra 1976:312 [ref. 7330], Allen et al. 2006:1358 [ref. 29094]). Current status: Synonym of Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson 1850). Latridae. Habitat: marine.