perditio, Labrus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1834:702, Pl. 20 (fig. 4) [Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe" Zoologie, v. 3 (Pt 2); ref. 3573] Tongatabu [Tongatapu], Tonga [South Pacific]. Neotype: MNHN A.8262. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:93-94 [ref. 19171]. Neotype designated by Gomon 2006:89 [ref. 28730] (as lectotype). •Valid as Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:203 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:688 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:112 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:301 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:269 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:178 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:301 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:400 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:743 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:6 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:975 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:351 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3412 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:975 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:339 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:394 [ref. 28239], Gomon 2006:87 [ref. 28730], Allen et al. 2006:1375 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:83 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:161 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:37 [ref. 35285], Randall & Victor 2013:51 [ref. 35087] restricting to western Pacific, Koeda et al. 2016:73 [ref. 35333], Santini et al. 2016:3 [ref. 39174], Wada et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38521], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:15 [ref. 39607]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard 1834). Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific, antiequatorial: New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia) east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia); Taiwan north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.