garnoti, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:390 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Martinique Island, West Indies. Syntypes: MNHN A-7608 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:56 [ref. 19171]. •Valid as Iridio garnoti (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 2010:214 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Birdsong & Emery 1968:188 [ref. 41459], Robins & Ray 1986:204 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1992:347 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:413 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:293 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:116 [ref. 26784], Westneat 2003:1711 [ref. 27105], Smith et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], Rocha 2004:772 [ref. 27980], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:517 [ref. 28815], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Rocha et al. 2010:26 [ref. 30767], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:179 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:63 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Wainwright et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35725], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Page et al. 2023:174 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to trinidad and Tobago, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.