lunulatus, Labrus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:37, xi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [Locality not stated] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Lectotype: ZMUC P5846 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:70 [ref. 9588], Fricke 2008:47 [ref. 30182]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:47 [ref. 30182]. Lectotype designated by Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965: 17 [ref. 20847]; figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965: Pl. 7 [ref. 20847]. •Valid as Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:198 [ref. 29757], Randall 1995:272 [ref. 22896], Goren & Dor 1994:53 [ref. 25356], Carpenter et al. 1997:198 [ref. 23922], Parenti & Randall 2000:8 [ref. 24943], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Fricke 2008:47 [ref. 30182], Kuiter 2010:175 [ref. 35285], Ali et al. 2018:336 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:123 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:71 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:183 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.