megalepis, Doratonotus Günther [A.] 1862:125 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] St. Christopher, West Indies. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2012.11.10.2. •Valid as Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:202 [ref. 23100], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:873 [ref. 19219], Boschung 1992:155 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:346 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:404 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:292 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25466], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:116 [ref. 26784], Westneat 2003:1709 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:512 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2007:37 [ref. 30263], Kuiter 2010:167 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:62 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34324], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2749 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:243 [ref. 38139], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844]Maranhão to São Paulo). Current status: Valid as Doratonotus megalepis Günther 1862. Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands, São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.