Halichoeres Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:(10) 14 Masc. Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell 1835. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:184 [ref. 2410]. Spelled Halychoeres by Bonaparte 1841:puntata 156, fasc. 30 [ref. 512]. Unneeded replacement names are Hemiulis Swainson 1839 and Choerojulis Gill 1862. •Valid as Halichoeres Rüppell 1835 -- (Randall 1981 [ref. 5542], Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:208 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:694 [ref. 5706], Randall & Earle 1994:287 [ref. 21642], Gomon et al. 1994:688 [ref. 22532], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:397 [ref. 24550], Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3386 [ref. 26277], Westneat 2003:1704 [ref. 27105], Rocha 2004:770 [ref. 27980], Barber & Bellwood 2005:235 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1390 [ref. 29095], Russell & Gomon 2008:649 [ref. 30655], Lobel et al. 2009:171 [ref. 30071], Luiz et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30311], Randall & Rocha 2009:709 [ref. 30520], Aguilar-Perera & Tuz-Sulub 2009:64 [ref. 31680], Randall & King 2010:17 [ref. 30743], Rocha et al. 2010:26 [ref. 30767], Randall & Allen 2010:281 [ref. 30980], Kuiter 2010:253 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:33 [ref. 31299], Lobel & Lobel 2011:50 [ref. 31774], Hubert et al. 2012:3 [ref. 31846], Kottelat 2013:379 [ref. 32989], Victor 2016:10 [ref. 34530], Motomura et al. 2017:183 [ref. 35490], Wainwright et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35725], Fricke et al. 2018:283 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2018:17 [ref. 35964], Fricke et al. 2019:228 [ref. 36673], Victor et al. 2024:1 [ref. 40864]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres Rüppell 1835. Labridae.