Species that contain: Macropharyngodon and bipartitus [ 3 ] records

bipartitus, Macropharyngodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:104, Fig. 2; Pl. 2 (fig. B) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 7; ref. 4113] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean, depth about 1 fathom. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 63. •Valid as Macropharyngodon bipartitus Smith 1957 -- (Dor 1984:205 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:698 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:286 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:424 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943] as a subspecies, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377] as a subspecies, Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:345 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:87 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2010:284 [ref. 35285], Caratini & Soriano 2011:49 [ref. 39915], Randall 2013:14 [ref. 32688], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Fricke et al. 2018:287 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:173 [ref. 40104] as subspecies, Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Randall & Victor 2022:225 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon bipartitus Smith 1957. Labridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar, Seychelles and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago. Habitat: marine.

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.

varialvus, Macropharyngodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:105, Fig. 3; Pl. 2 (fig. A) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 7; ref. 4113] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 290. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 364-367 (2, 4, 1, 1). •Synonym of Macropharyngodon bipartitus Smith 1957, subspecies marisrubri Randall 1978 -- (Dor 1984:205 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Macropharyngodon bipartitus Smith 1957 -- (Randall 1986:698 [ref. 5706], Randall 1995:286 [ref. 22896], Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:225 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon bipartitus Smith 1957. Labridae. Habitat: marine.