Výskyt
Jihozápadní Atlantský oceán — souostroví Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas a St. Peter's Rocks (souostroví Saint Peter a Saint Paul), Brazílie.
Typová lokalita
Tidepool at Praia do Boldró, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil, -3.84527, -32.42916, depth 0 - 0.9 meter.
Velikost
4,5 cm SL.
Etymologie
Druh pojmenován na počest ichtyoložky Liany Mendes z Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Natal, Brazílie).
Původní popis
Carvalho-Filho, A., Sazima, I., Lima, S. M. Q., Almeida, D., Mendes, L., Dias, R. M., Britto, M. R. & Gasparini, J. L. 2020. Review of the genus Malacoctenus (Actinopterygii: Labrisomidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4819 (no. 3): 499-520.
Použitá literatura
Carvalho-Filho, A., Sazima, I., Lima, S. M. Q., Almeida, D., Mendes, L., Dias, R. M., Britto, M. R. & Gasparini, J. L. 2020. Review of the genus Malacoctenus (Actinopterygii: Labrisomidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4819 (no. 3): 499-520.
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. Editors. 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web.
Scharpf, C. 2025. The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. World Wide Web.