celebicus, Cheilinus Bleeker [P.] 1853:171 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 16912] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): SMNS 10602. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1862.2.28.94 or 97 (1), RMNH 6559 (1), ZMB 2662 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:15 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:44 [ref. 29864]. •Valid as Cheilinus celebicus Bleeker 1853 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:213 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1008 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Nakabo 2002:1008 [ref. 26193], Kuiter 2010:179 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen 1997:180 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:192 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:32 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:365 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:361 [ref. 27177], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:154 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:427 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1404 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:228 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:703 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:136 [ref. 33932], Fukui et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 35080], Fricke et al. 2019:235 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker 1853). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Andaman Sea east to Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.