Epibulus Cuvier [G.] 1815:111 Masc. Sparus insidiator Pallas 1770. Type by monotypy. Apparently can date to Cuvier 1815 as "...le sparus insidiator que je détache du genre sparus pour le reporter sous le nom d'epibulus, vers la famille naturelle des labres..." •Valid as Epibulus Cuvier 1815 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:693 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3383 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1388 [ref. 29095], Carlson et al. 2008:476 [ref. 29634], Kuiter 2010:170 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:33 [ref. 31299], Fricke et al. 2018:282 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:124 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:227 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Epibulus Cuvier 1815. Labridae.