melanurus, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1851:251 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. •Valid as Platyglossus melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kuiter 2010:272 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:209 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:319 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:288 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:319 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:198 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:996 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:359 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:274 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3436 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:996 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:150 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:413 [ref. 28239], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1392 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:166 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:677 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:166 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:132 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:230 [ref. 36673], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38121], Wada et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38521], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and Norfolk Island. Habitat: marine.