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.