mesothorax, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Renard) 1801:254 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2470. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:90 [ref. 24282]. Based on "Schut by Nacht, Renard I. t. 26, f 143". •Valid as Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:203 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:300 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:270 [ref. 23929], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:475 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:180 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:270 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:300 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:189 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:6 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:976 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3400 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:976 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:145 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:394 [ref. 28239], Gomon 2006:67 [ref. 28730], Randall et al. 2005:126 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1375 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:218 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:161 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:43 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:640 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:127 [ref. 33932], Santini et al. 2016:3 [ref. 39174], Fricke et al. 2019:224 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:523 [ref. 37272], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:7 [ref. 40448], Allen & Erdmann 2024:694 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar; Christmas Island (Indian Ocean); eastern Indonesia and Philippines east to Palau and Fiji, north to southern Taiwan and southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.