lunaris, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] (ex Gronovius) 1758:283 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] In Indiis [Indonesia]. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.39 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), ZMUU Linn. coll. 195 (1). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:228 [ref. 13434]. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:441 [ref. 24106] as the specimen illustrated by Gronovius 1756: Pl. 6 (fig. 2) and it might be BMNH 1853.11.12.39 which Fricke regards as unidentifiable. Based on the 'Labrus oblongus, cauda bifurca, capite purpurascente' of Gronovius 1756:26, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) (vol. 2) [ref. 20783]. Hybrids between Gomphosus varius and Thalassoma duperrey are reported by Randall & Allen 2004:136 [ref. 27827], and with Thalassoma rueppellii (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Randall & Miroz 2001:131 [ref. 25802]). •Valid as Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:208 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:120 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:56 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:337 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Kuiter 1993:287 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Randall 1995:290 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:485 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:194 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:200 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:134 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:302 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:337 [ref. 25919], Khan 1998:230 [ref. 24980], Fricke 1999:441 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:745 [ref. 25471], Myers 1999:202 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:370 [ref. 25191], Nakabo 2000:991 [ref. 25182], Parenti & Randall 2000:45 [ref. 24943], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:215 [ref. 25480], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Randall & Miroz 2001:132 [ref. 25802], Westneat 2001:3462 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:991 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:158 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:353 [ref. 28072], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Kim et al. 2005:2 [ref. 39341], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379], Randall 2005:439 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1414 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:232 [ref. 30463], Kuiter 2010:195 [ref. 35285], Motomura et al. 2010:174 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:722 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:168 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:139 [ref. 33932], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35354], Ali et al. 2018:336 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:294 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:130 [ref. 36273], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:235 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:74 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:239 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:151 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:527 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:87 [ref. 37637], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:58 [ref. 38121], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448], Randall & Victor 2022:259 [ref. 39916], Sato et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40949], Kumar et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41064]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Line Islands (Kiribati), Tuamotu Archipelago and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Korea and central Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia) and Kermadec Islands, northern New Zealand and Tonga. Habitat: marine.