scapularis, Julis Bennett [E. T.] 1832:167 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.86. •Valid as Hemitautoga scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Kuiter 2010:300 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:208 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:696 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:321 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:281 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:482 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:286 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:321 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:199 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:418 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:992 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277] dated 1831, Nakabo 2002:992 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830] dated 1831, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:152 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Barber & Bellwood 2005:250 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1393 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:225 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:167 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:683 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33932], Victor 2016:17 [ref. 34530], 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], Fricke et al. 2019:231 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:208 [ref. 39916], Fricke et al. 2024:77 [ref. 41255], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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