lineatus, Cheilodipterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:540, 543, Pl. 34 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Commerson material: MNHN 0000-9243 (skin). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:95 [ref. 12478] -- based on a drawing (and not the Commerson specimen). Secondarily preoccupied in Cheilodipterus by Perca lineatus (Forsskål 1775); but see Fricke 1999:233 [ref. 24106]. Genus misspelled Chelodipterus on p. 543. Considered by authors as a secondary homonym of Perca lineata of Forsskål 1775, which is, however, not a species independent from Perca lineata Linnaeus 1758 but a misidentification (see Fricke 1999:233 [ref. 24106], Fricke 2008:30 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [30213]). Though Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 would be the valid senior synonym, most authors are using Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) as valid. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède 1802) -- (Gon 1993:30 [ref. 21133], T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Gon & Randall 2003:32 [ref. 26750]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801 -- (Gon 1986:555 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:64 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:552 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:232 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [ref. 30213], Caratini & Soriano 2011:7 [ref. 39915] as linéatus, Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2015:43 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2019:131 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:55 [ref. 36965]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède 1801. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island, Tonga and Rapa. Habitat: marine.