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Genera in the family or subfamily Xyrichtyinae: [ 18 ] records

Ammolabrus Randall [J. E.] & Carlson [B. A.] 1997:29 Masc. Ammolabrus dicrus Randall & Carlson 1997. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ammolabrus Randall & Carlson 1997 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:3 [ref. 24943], Randall & Earle 2002:390 [ref. 26445], Randall & Lobel 2003:971 [ref. 27563], Randall & Earle 2004:39 [ref. 27618], Kuiter 2010:389 [ref. 35285]). Current status: Valid as Ammolabrus Randall & Carlson 1997. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Amorphocephalus Bowdich [S. L.] 1825:xii, 238 Masc. Amorphocephalus granulatus Bowdich 1825. Type by monotypy. Also involves fig. 36 opposite p. 238 in conjunction with p. xii. •Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:442 [ref. 7204], Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Cheilio Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:432 Masc. Cheilio auratus Lacepède 1802. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bonaparte 1841:puntata 156, fasc. 30 [ref. 512]. Spelled Chilio in early literature. •Valid as Cheilio Lacepède 1802 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:204 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:690 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:9 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3387 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1377 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:365 [ref. 35285], Fricke et al. 2018:280 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:123 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:225 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Cheilio Lacepède 1802. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Cymolutes Günther [A.] 1861:387 Masc. Julis praetextata Quoy & Gaimard 1834. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in Günther 1862:207 [ref. 1969]. Type designated by Jordan 1919:318 [ref. 4904]. •Valid as Cymolutes Günther 1861 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:211 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:692 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3384 [ref. 26277], Randall & Earle 2002:390 [ref. 26445], Randall & Lobel 2003:971 [ref. 27563], Randall & Earle 2004:39 [ref. 27618], Allen et al. 2006:1387 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:387 [ref. 35285], Fricke et al. 2018:281 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Cymolutes Günther 1861. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Dimalacocentrus Gill [T. N.] 1863:223 Masc. Novacula kallosoma Bleeker 1860. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Duohemipteronotus (subgenus of Hemipteronotus) Fowler [H. W.] 1956:281 Masc. Hemipteronotus evides Jordan & Richardson 1909. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Iniistius Gill 1862 -- (Randall & Earle 2002:391 [ref. 26445], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299]). Current status: Synonym of Iniistius Gill 1862. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Eupemis (subgenus of Julis/Gomphosis) Swainson [W.] 1839:173, 232 Masc. Labrus fusiformis Rüppell 1835. Type by monotypy. As a subgenus of Julis on p. 173, as subgenus of Gomphosis on p. 232. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Cheilio Lacepède 1802 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:9 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilio Lacepède 1802. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Hemipteronotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:214 Masc. Hemipteronotus quinquemaculatus Lacepède 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:414 [ref. 382]. Lacepède's account based on several sources; C. pentadactyla Linnaeus cited in synonymy; Bauchot & Quignard (1973:442 [ref. 7204]) treat as unavailable. The name was placed on the Official Index of rejected names in Opinion 1788. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:255 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •In the synonymy of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Randall 2007:9 [ref. 29193]). •Not now available, placed on Official Index. Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Iniistius Gill [T. N.] 1862:143 Masc. Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated by Gill's style of one species in parentheses in key. •Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Iniistius Gill 1962 -- (Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Randall & Earle 2002:391 [ref. 26445], Randall et al. 2002:93 [ref. 26622], Randall & Lobel 2003:972 [ref. 27563], Randall & Earle 2004:39 [ref. 27618], Allen et al. 2006:1396 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:9 [ref. 29193], Randall et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29753], Randall & Jonsson 2008:179 [ref. 31037], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Akhilesh et al. 2012:1[ref. 32173], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32688], Motomura et al. 2017:184 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:286 [ref. 35805], Fukui 2018:258 [ref. 36340], Golani & Fricke 2018:126 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2018:18 [ref. 35964], Fricke et al. 2019:232 [ref. 36673], Sorgon et al. 2023:511 [ref. 40451]). Current status: Valid as Iniistius Gill 1862. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Malacocentrus Gill [T. N.] 1862:143 Masc. Xyrichthys taeniurus Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated by Gill's style of one species in parentheses in key. Correct spelling for genus of type species is Xyrichtys. •Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Micropodus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:86 Masc. Cheilio auratus Lacepède 1802. Type by being a replacement name. As "Micropodus R. [Rafinesque] Cheilio Lac. [Lacepède]." Available replacement name (unneeded) for and objective synonym of Cheilio Lacepède 1802. •Synonym of Cheilio Lacepède 1802 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:9 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Cheilio Lacepède 1802. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Novacula Cuvier [G.] 1815:324 et seq. Fem. Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). Also in Cuvier 1816:265 [ref. 993]. Not preoccupied by Catesby 1771 (not available). •Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:442 [ref. 7204], Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Novaculichthys Bleeker [P.] 1862:414 Masc. Labrus taeniourus Lacepède 1801. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Bleeker 1862:102 [ref. 386]. •Valid as Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Randall 1981:98 [ref. 5447], Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:699 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3384 [ref. 26277], Randall & Lobel 2003:971 [ref. 27563], Randall & Earle 2004:39 [ref. 27618], Allen et al. 2006:1402 [ref. 29095], Randall et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29753], Kuiter 2010:385 [ref. 35285], Fricke et al. 2018:288 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:235 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Novaculoides Randall [J. E.] & Earle [J. L.] 2004:39 Masc. Labrus macrolepidotus Bloch 1791. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Novaculoides Randall & Earle 2004 -- (Allen et al. 2006:1403 [ref. 29095], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Bourjon & Fricke 2016:109 [ref. 34626], Fricke et al. 2018:288 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Novaculoides Randall & Earle 2004. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Novaculops Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods 1960:(122) 143 Masc. Novaculichthys woodi Jenkins 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943], Randall & Earle 2002:390 [ref. 26445]). •Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Shen & Yeh 1987:64 [ref. 6419] based on placement of type species, Randall et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29753]). •Valid as Novaculops Schultz 1960 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 2010:383 [ref. 35285], Randall 2013:20 [ref. 32688], Ho et al. 2013:75 [ref. 33261], Motomura et al. 2017:185 [ref. 35490], Parenti & Randall 2018:19 [ref. 35964], Fukui 2020:555 [ref. 37325]). Current status: Valid as Novaculops Schultz 1960. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Semachlorella (subgenus of Novaculichthys) Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:367 Fem. Julis bifer Lay & Bennett 1839. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Xyrichtys Cuvier [G.] 1814:87 Masc. Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Dates to Cuvier 1814:87 as "...de nouveau nom générique de XYRICHTE (Xyrichlys [sic])." As Xirichthys in Cuvier 1829:262 [ref. 995] and Xyrichthys by authors. See Opinion 1799 (Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]). Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. v. 16:605, but first designation may date to Desmarest 1856:268 [ref. 17401] -- see Whitley 1939:224 [ref. 25866] but Whitley has wrong date. •Valid as Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:442 [ref. 7204], Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:211 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Shen & Yeh 1987 [ref. 6419], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:398 [ref. 24550], Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943], Victor et al. 2001:101 [ref. 26031], Westneat 2001:3384 [ref. 26277], Randall & Earle 2002:390 [ref. 26445], Randall et al. 2002:93 [ref. 26622], Westneat 2003:1703 [ref. 27105], Randall & Lobel 2003:972 [ref. 27563], Randall & Earle 2004:39 [ref. 27618], Randall 2007:9 [ref. 29193], Randall et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29753], Randall & Jonsson 2008:179 [ref. 31037], Kuiter 2010:368 [ref. 35285], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:56 [ref. 36649] as Xyrichthys, Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Shen & Clark 2016:33 [ref. 34165], Brown et al. 2019:174 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.

Xyrula Jordan [D. S.] 1890:656 Fem. Xyrichthys jessiae Jordan 1888. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct spelling for genus of type species is Xyrichtys. •Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Xyrichtys Cuvier 1814. Labridae: Xyrichtyinae.