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Species related to Malacoctenus zonogaster: [ 2 ] records

delicata, Tagusa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:435 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Tagus Cove, Isabela Island [Albemarle Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17399. Paratypes: FMNH 17400-01 (1, 1), 17403 (1); CAS-SU 24420 (5, now 4), 53190 (1); USNM 117315 [ex FMNH 17402] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:95 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:82 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass 1903 -- (Springer 1995:495 [ref. 22273]). Current status: Synonym of Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass 1903. Labrisomidae. Habitat: marine.

zonogaster, Malacoctenus Heller [E.] & Snodgrass [R. E.] 1903:217, Pl. 15 [Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 5; ref. 2089] Iguana Cove, Isabela Island [Albemarle Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype: CAS-SU 6353 [not 6352 as published]. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7060 (2), 8481 (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:98 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass 1903 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:234 [ref. 22193], Springer 1995:495 [ref. 22273], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:529 [ref. 24023], Herrera & Lavenberg 1999:9 [ref. 24180], Patzner et al. 2009:463 [ref. 30396], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957]). Current status: Valid as Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass 1903. Labrisomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Islands. Habitat: marine.