nebulosus, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:461 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Mumbai, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9125. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:63 [ref. 19171]. •Valid as Octocynodon nebulosus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 2010:274 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:209 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:695 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:320 [ref. 15987], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:231 [ref. 24016], Kuiter 1993:280 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:281 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:320 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:198 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:417 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:997 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:206 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:997 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:345 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:412 [ref. 28239], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1392 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:86 [ref. 30213], Randall & King 2010:17 [ref. 30743], Motomura et al. 2010:166 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:679 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:132 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:76 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:284 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:171 [ref. 40104], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223], Randall & Victor 2022:206 [ref. 39916], Fricke et al. 2024:77 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Papua New Guinea and Palau, north to southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Sydney (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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