negrosensis, Macropharyngodon Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1932:142 [Copeia 1932 (no. 3); ref. 10976] Dumaguete, Oriental Negros, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 25519. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:86 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:329 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:284 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:329 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:986 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:986 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1400 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:170 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:281 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:700 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Fricke et al. 2014:136 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:234 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.