pulcher, Labrus Ayres [W. O.] 1854:174 [The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6); ref. 157] San Diego, California, U.S.A. No types known. Appeared first as above on 8 Sept.; then in Ayres 1854:3 [ref. 18923] and Ayres 1855:101 [ref. 31481]. •Valid as Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres 1854) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:237 [ref. 9277], Allen & Robertson 1994:205 [ref. 22193], Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995:1220 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:201 [ref. 24545], Gomon 1997:825 [ref. 23083], Parenti & Randall 2000:39 [ref. 24943], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:125 [ref. 25206], Thomson et al. 2000:171 [ref. 25640], Allen & Groce 2001:131 [ref. 25750], Richards & Engle 2001:181 [ref. 25759], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:137 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:266 [ref. 35888], Santini et al. 2016:3 [ref. 39174], Burton & Lea 2019:82 [ref. 37205]). •Valid as Bodianus pulcher (Ayres 1854) -- (Kuiter 2010:27 [ref. 35285], Santini et al. 2016:6 [ref. 39174], Love et al. 2021:175 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:173 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus pulcher (Ayres 1854). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: central California (U.S.A.) south to southern tip of Baja alifornia Sur (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Guadalupe Island (Mexico). Habitat: marine.