rufus, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] (ex Catesby) 1758:284 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America (South Carolina, U.S.A.). No types preserved. Type catalog: Goode & Bean 1885:200 [ref. 1841], Wheeler 1985:64 [ref. 20705]. Based on the 'Turdus flavus' of Catesby 1743:11, pl. 11 (upper fig.) [ref. 774]. •Valid as Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:201 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:154 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:345 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:398 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Sazima & Gasparini 1999:89 [ref. 24144], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:291 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:6 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:114 [ref. 26784], Westneat 2003:1707 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:42 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], Gomon 2006:103 [ref. 28730], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:509 [ref. 28815], Kuiter 2010:30 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:62 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Santini et al. 2016:3 [ref. 39174], Spier et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36103], Robertson et al. 2020:156 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:457 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:206 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:173 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.