quinquevittatus, Scarus Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] 1839:66, Pl. 19 (fig. 3) [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): not preserved. Based on a drawing by Beechey; originally as Scarus? quinque-vittatus. Treated as a nomen protectum by Randall & Parenti 1999:30 [ref. 24276]. •Valid as Thalassoma quinquevittata (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Dor 1984:209 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall & Edwards 1985:27 [ref. 17448], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:56 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:339 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:289 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Randall & Mee 1994:306 [ref. 21641], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:134 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:304 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:339 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:202 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:445 [ref. 24106], Randall & Parenti 1999:30 [ref. 24276], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:990 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:371 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Randall & Miroz 2001:132 [ref. 25802], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:990 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:441 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:449 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1415 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:346 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:175 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:192 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:724 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:79 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:294 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:20 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:239 [ref. 36673], Ji & Kim 2022:226 [ref. 39899], Randall & Victor 2022:261 [ref. 39916], Fricke et al. 2024:77 [ref. 41255]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Easter Island (Chile), north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.