dimidiatus, Cossyphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:136 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] El-Tor, Sinai coast, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: SMF 1453 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:31-32 [ref. 19171]. Based on Labrus latovittatus (non Lacepède 1801) of Rüppell, and on specimen(s) from Mauritius. •Valid as Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:206 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:698 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:325 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:132 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:286 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:294 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:285 [ref. 22896], Lee & Kim 1996:37 [ref. 25726], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:484 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:199 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:306 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:325 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:203 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:423 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:979 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:363 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:208 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Sakai et al. 2001:105 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3443 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:979 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:368, 636 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:153 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:347 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:421 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:441 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1398 [ref. 29095] with a holotype, Fricke et al. 2009:87 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:227 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:169 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:358 [ref. 35285], Caratini & Soriano 2011:47 [ref. 39915], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:695 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2015:26 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:77 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:287 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:73 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:233 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Sonoyama et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37637], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38121], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223], Randall & Victor 2022:222 [ref. 39916], Fricke et al. 2024:77 [ref. 41255], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to central Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Merimbula (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.
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