tenuispinis, Platyglossus Günther [A.] 1862:161 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Seas of China. Syntypes: BMNH 1851.12.27.168 and 1855.9.19.1001 (3, in one bottle). •Valid as Julichoeres tenuispinis (Günther 1862) -- (Kuiter 2010:296 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres tenuispinis (Günther 1862) [sometimes as tenuispinnis] -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:209 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:529, 698 [ref. 8056], Lee & Kim 1996:39 [ref. 25726] as tenuispinnis, Randall 1999:226 [ref. 24046], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:993 [ref. 25182] as tenuispinnis, Sadovy & Cornish 2000:208 [ref. 25480], Shimizu 2001:35 [ref. 25799] as tenuispinnis, Nakabo 2002:993 [ref. 26193] as tenuispinnis, Choi et al. 2003:368, 636 [ref. 26218] as tenuispinnis, Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:151 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres tenuispinis (Günther 1862). Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.