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Species in the genus Macropharyngodon: [ 18 ] records

aquilolo, Macropharyngodon Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:46, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 14757] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: CAS-SU 6130. Paratypes: CAS-SU 23323 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:86 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:442 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:340 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

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: Julidinae. 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.

choati, Macropharyngodon Randall [J. E.] 1978:761, Fig. 5d [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7004] Outside reef off western side of One Tree Island, 23°30'S, 152°05'E, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 90 feet. Holotype: BPBM 14359. Paratypes: AMS I.15468-001 (1), I.16635-001 (1), I.16862-001 (1), I.17654-002 (1), ?I.18568-001 (1); BMNH 1976.3.16.1 (1); BPBM 13444 (1); USNM 215259 (1). •Valid as Macropharyngodon choati Randall 1978 -- (Randall et al. 1990:328 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:282 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:290 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:328 [ref. 25919], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1399 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:279 [ref. 35285], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon choati Randall 1978. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

cyanoguttatus, Macropharyngodon Randall [J. E.] 1978:749, Figs. 3 c-d [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7004] About 1.5 kilometers north of Flic en Flac, western coast of Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 40 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16362. Paratypes: BPBM 16291 (1), 16321 (1); MNHN 1976-0003 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 836 (1); USNM 215260 (1). •Valid as Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus Randall 1978 -- (Randall 1986:699 [ref. 5706], Fricke 1999:424 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Fricke et al. 2009:87 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2010:282 [ref. 35285], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Fricke et al. 2018:288 [ref. 35805], Randall & Victor 2022:226 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus Randall 1978. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.

geoffroy, Julis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:270, Pl. 56 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Hawaiian Islands. Lectotype: MNHN A-9200. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2775 [ex MNHN A-9200] (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:58 [ref. 19171]. Spelled geoffroyii by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:479 [ref. 1007]. Lectotype selected by Randall 1978:747 [ref. 7004]. •Valid as Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:442 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:340 [ref. 30952], Kuiter 2010:277 [ref. 35285], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

kuiteri, Macropharyngodon Randall [J. E.] 1978:766, Figs. 5 g-h [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7004] Seal Rocks, 31°26'S, 152°32'E, New South Wales, Australia, depth 10 meters. Holotype: BPBM 19632. Paratypes: AMS I.18093 (1); BPBM 19596 (1), 19633 (1), 19906 (1); CAS 34698 (1); MNHN 1976-0004 (1); USNM 215261 (1). •Valid as Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall 1978 -- (Randall et al. 1990:328 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:283 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:328 [ref. 25919], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:364 [ref. 25191], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:423 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1400 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:280 [ref. 35285], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall 1978. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

margaritiferus, Labrus Cuvier [G.] 1829:258 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. Available from footnote as, "L. margaritiferus, Nob., ou Gir. labiche, Voyage de Freycin., Zool, pl., f. 3." •Synonym of Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae: Julidinae. 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], Golani & Fricke 2026:153 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon marisrubri Randall 1978. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. IUCN (2024): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

meleagris, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:481 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Uléa , Caroline Islands, western Pacific. No types preserved. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:73 [ref. 19171]. Based on a drawing by Mertens (Franz Karl Mertens, 1764-1831, German botanist). •Valid as Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:328 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:283 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:292 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:328 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:22 [ref. 25829], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:986 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:364 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3446 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:986 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:442 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1400 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:169 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:278 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:700 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Fricke et al. 2014:140 [ref. 33932], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Fricke et al. 2019:234 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2024:765 [ref. 40796], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands and Indonesia east to Line and Tuamotu Islands, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

moyeri, Macropharyngodon Shepard [J. W.] & Meyer [K. A.] 1978:159, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 25 (no. 3); ref. 8878] Miyakejima, Igaya Bay, Izu Islands, Japan, depth 17 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 18352. Paratypes: BPBM 20329 (1), CAS 38089 (1), NSMT-P 29835 [was TMBS 760926-7] (1). Type catalog: Moyer & Matsuura 1991:82 [ref. 19927]. •Valid as Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & Meyer 1978 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:986 [ref. 25182], Endo et al. 2001:41 [ref. 26604], Nakabo 2002:986 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:170 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:280 [ref. 35285]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & Meyer 1978. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

negrosensis, Macropharyngodon Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1932:142 [Copeia 1932 (no. 3); ref. 10976] Dumaguete, Oriental Negros, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 25519. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:86 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:329 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:284 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:329 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:986 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:986 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1400 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:170 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:281 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:700 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Fricke et al. 2014:136 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:234 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2024:765 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

nigromaculatus, Platyglossus Günther [A.] 1872:666, Pl. 65 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 21 Nov. 1871); ref. 1997] Savai'i Island, Samoa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.9.13.240. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

nigropunctatus, Halichoeres Seale [A.] 1901:89 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Agaña, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 142. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

ornatus, Macropharyngodon Randall [J. E.] 1978:753, Figs. 3 g-h [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7004] Northwestern side of Ambon Bay near Sikula Point, Ambon, Molucca Islands, Indonesia, depth 5-10 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18546. Paratypes: AMS I.18568-001 (1); BMNH 1976.1.13.1 (1); BPBM 18522 (1), 18829 (2), 19630 (1); CAS 34700 (1); RMNH 5115 (1); USNM 215027 (1), 215272-73 (1, 1); WAM P.24362 (1), P.25371-011 (1); ZMA 114590 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:37 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Macropharyngodon ornatus Randall 1978 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Kuiter 1993:283 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:290 [ref. 25488], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:154 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1400 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:228 [ref. 30463], Kuiter 2010:278 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:701 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Randall & Victor 2022:227 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:766 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon ornatus Randall 1978. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Sri Lanka east to Thailand and West Papua (Indonesia), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

pakoko, Macropharyngodon Delrieu-Trottin [E.], Williams [J. T.] & Planes [S.] 2014:435, Figs. 1-3, 4A [Zootaxa 3857 (no. 3); ref. 33480] Marquesas Islands, Clark Banc, 8°05.357'S, 139°38.110'W, French Polynesia, depth 15-35 meters. Holotype: USNM 409135. Paratypes: MNHN, USNM. •Valid as Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, Williams & Planes 2014 -- (Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Parenti & Randall 2018:18 [ref. 35964]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, Williams & Planes 2014. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Habitat: marine.

pardalis, Leptojulis Kner [R.] 1867:727 [19], Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 56; ref. 2645] Fiji Islands [Viti-Inseln]. Holotype (unique) (?): ZMH H462 [ex MGH 3776]. Type catalog: Ladiges 1958:171 [ref. 19182], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:409 [ref. 21161]. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3446 [ref. 26277], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. 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: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

vivienae, Macropharyngodon Randall [J. E.] 1978:764, Fig. 6 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7004] Outer slope of barrier reef, off Toliara, Madagascar, depth 24 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 17934. •Valid as Macropharyngodon vivienae Randall 1978 -- (Randall 1986:699 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Kuiter 2010:279 [ref. 35285], Fricke et al. 2018:288 [ref. 35805], Randall & Victor 2022:228 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon vivienae Randall 1978. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique, east to southern Madagascar. Habitat: marine.