Species that contain: Malacoctenus and tetranemus [ 3 ] records

afuerae, Labrisomus Hildebrand [S. F.] 1946:400, Fig. 77 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 189; ref. 2161] Lobos de Afuera Island, Peru. Holotype: USNM 128213. Paratypes: USNM 128214 (2). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:16 [ref. 22274]. The holotype also is the neotype of Blennius tetranemus Cope 1877. •Synonym of Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope 1877) -- (Stephens & Springer 1974:10 [ref. 7149], Allen & Robertson 1994:233 [ref. 22193], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:255 [ref. 24555]). Current status: Synonym of Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope 1877). Labrisomidae. Habitat: marine.

multipunctatus, Malacoctenus afuerae Springer [V. G.] 1959:462, Pl. 5 (fig. 5) [Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas v. 5 (for Dec. 1958); ref. 10210] Southwestern end of San Lucas Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 49596. Paratypes: (137) BMNH 1957.5.1.77-87 (11); FMNH 61900 (52); CAS-SU 18933 (7), 49597-600 (7, 3, 1, 1); UCLA W51-20, 51-33, 51-54, 51-58 (1), 53-97 (2), W6-26 (2); UMMZ 171893 (2); USNM 174962 (38). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:54 [ref. 12367], Springer & Orrell 1996:16 [ref. 22274]. •Synonym of Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope 1877) -- (Stephens & Springer 1974:10 [ref. 7149], Allen & Robertson 1994:233 [ref. 22193]). Current status: Synonym of Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope 1877). Labrisomidae. Habitat: marine.

tetranemus, Blennius Cope [E. D.] 1877:42 [26] [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 17; ref. 18033] Lobos de Afuera Island, Peru [original Pecasmayo Bay, Peru]. Neotype: USNM 128213. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:30 [ref. 13621] as no types at ANSP, Springer et al. 1991:24 [ref. 18888], Springer & Orrell 1996:22 [ref. 22274]. On p. 26 of separate. Neotype designated by Stephens & Springer 1974:10 [ref. 7149]; neotype is also the holotype of Labrisomus afurae Meek & Hildebrand. •Valid as Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope 1877) -- (Stephens & Springer 1974:10 [ref. 7149], Allen & Robertson 1994:233 [ref. 22193], Springer 1995:495 [ref. 22273], Hastings in Fischer et al. 1995:1014 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:208 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:529 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:255 [ref. 24555], Herrera & Lavenberg 1999:8 [ref. 24180], Thomson et al. 2000:213 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:163 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:155 [ref. 37547], Patzner et al. 2009:463 [ref. 30396], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:169 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:149 [ref. 34871], Love et al. 2021:198 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:154 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope 1877). Labrisomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.