batuensis, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1856:240 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 16862] Batu Islands, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.5.15.34 (poor condition). •Valid as Hemicoris batuensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kuiter 2010:305 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Coris batuensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kuiter 1993:299 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:182 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:313 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:196 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:16 [ref. 24043], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:14 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1000 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:356 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277] dated 1858, Nakabo 2002:1000 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:405 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1385 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:220 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:164 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:662 [ref. 31980], Randall 2013:6-7 [ref. 32688], Koeda et al. 2016:74 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:227 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:524 [ref. 37272], Fricke & Durville 2021:32 [ref. 38902]). Current status: Valid as Coris batuensis (Bleeker 1856). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Marshall Islands, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.