poeyi, Platyglossus Steindachner [F.] 1867:355 [49] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 56 (1. Abth.); ref. 14188] Suriname. Holotype (unique): NMW 18922. On p. 49 of separate. •Valid as Iridio poeyi (Steindachner 1867) -- (Kuiter 2010:218 [ref. 35285] with authorship as Bloch 1791). •Valid as Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner 1867) -- (Birdsong & Emery 1968:188 [ref. 41459], Robins & Ray 1986:205 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:155 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:347 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:418 [ref. 24474], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Westneat 2003:1714 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:520 [ref. 28815], Barber & Bellwood 2005:250 [ref. 35318], Luiz et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30311], Rocha et al. 2010:26 [ref. 30767], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:180 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:63 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:25 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Wainwright et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35725], Spier et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36103], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:464 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:209 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:174 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner 1867). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.