flagellifer, Ctenolabrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:240 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7368. Nomen protectum according to Fricke 2008:48 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:701 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477] as flagellifera, Randall et al. 1994:233 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:288 [ref. 22896], Lee & Kim 1996:36 [ref. 25726], Carpenter et al. 1997:199 [ref. 23922], Parenti & Randall 1998:473 [ref. 23684], Fricke 1999:430 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471] as Pterogogus, Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868] as flagellifera, Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:34 [ref. 25799], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277] as flagellifera, Choi et al. 2003:368, 637 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830] with genus as Pterogogus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:1410 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:161 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:717 [ref. 31980], Randall 2013:39 [ref. 32688], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Fricke et al. 2018:291 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:129 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:74 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223], Iino & Motomura 2022:7 [ref. 39033], Iino & Motomura 2022:[7] [ref. 39300], Randall & Victor 2022:247 [ref. 39916]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to New Guinea and Vanuatu, north to southern Korea and Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.