Species that contain: Hemipteronotus and novacula [ 5 ] records

copei, Hemipteronotus Fowler [H. W.] 1900:508, Pl. 20 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 52; ref. 14727] Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands [locality questionable, likely from tropical Atlantic]. Holotype: ANSP 521. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:117 [ref. 13621], with comments on type locality. •Synonym of Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Gomon & Forsyth 1990:881 [ref. 19219], Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:450 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

coryphaenoides, Novacula Schinz [H. R.] 1822:430 [Das Thierreich v. 2; ref. 3926] Middle Sea. Unneeded replacement name for and objective synonym of Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus 1758 (see Daget 1968:1058 [ref. 26392]). •Objective synonym of Hemipteronotus novacula (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Daget 1968:1058 [ref. 26392]). •Objective synonym of Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

melanopus, Novacula Bleeker [P.] 1857:82 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6624 (2 of 3). •Valid as Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Dor & Fraser-Brunner 1977:135 [ref. 21144]). •Valid as Xyrichtys melanopus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Dor 1984:210 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:211 [ref. 6441], Shen & Yeh 1987:66 [ref. 6419], Goren & Dor 1994:56 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:195 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1012 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1012 [ref. 26193], Kuiter 2010:381 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Iniistius melanopus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Randall et al. 2002:93 [ref. 26622], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:691 [ref. 31980], Golani & Fricke 2018:126 [ref. 36273], Sorgon et al. 2023:518 [ref. 40451]). Current status: Valid as Iniistius melanopus (Bleeker 1857). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Mariana Islands, north to the Philippines, Ryukyu Islands and Japan. Habitat: marine.

novacula, Coryphaena Linnaeus [C.] 1758:262 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Opinion 1799 suppresses Hemipteronotus so the correct combination is Xyrichtys novacula. •Valid as Hemipteronotus novacula (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:206 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:156 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:347 [ref. 23827], Westneat 2003:1719 [ref. 27105], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:525 [ref. 28815], Fricke et al. 2007:95 [ref. 29533], Wirtz et al. 2007:15, 37 [ref. 30263], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Page et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758) [sometimes with genus as Xyrichthys] -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:442 [ref. 7204], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:941 [ref. 13676], Randall 1986:706 [ref. 5706], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:880 [ref. 19219], Cervigón 1993:423 [ref. 24474], Andreata & Séret 1996:587 [ref. 16204], Porteiro et al. 1996:33 [ref. 23330], Santos et al. 1997:97 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:96 [ref. 24952], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:296 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:77 [ref. 25466], Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1646 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909] in Xirichthys, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:116 [ref. 26753] in Xyrichthys, Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:93 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:51 [ref. 37112] as Xyrichthys n., Fricke 2008:49 [ref. 30182], Kuiter 2010:369 [ref. 35285], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:56 [ref. 36649] as Xyrichthys n., Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:65 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:27 [ref. 34324], Shen & Clark 2016:33 [ref. 34165], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2758 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:287 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Nirchio et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36497], Reiner 2019:244 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:76 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:39 [ref. 37519], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Golani 2021:68 [ref. 38303] as Xyrichthys novacula, Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:468 [ref. 38945], Kovačić et al. 2021:71 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:290 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:211 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Spain south to Gabon, including Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

spilonotus, Novacula Bleeker [P.] 1857:83 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ?BMNH 1862.2.28.61 (1), RMNH 6624 (2). •Synonym of Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Dor & Fraser-Brunner 1977:135 [ref. 21144]). •Synonym of Novacula malanopus Bleeker 1857 -- (Shen & Yeh 1987:66 [ref. 6419]). •Synonym of Xyrichtys melanopus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Xyrichtys spilonotus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Kuiter 2010:381 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Iniistius spilonotus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299]). Current status: Valid as Iniistius spilonotus (Bleeker 1857). Labridae. Distribution: Indonesia and Moluccas to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.