julis, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:284 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Genoa, Venice, Rome, and Naples (Italy), Marseille (France), and Crete (Greece), Mediterranean Sea. Neotype: CFM-IEOMA 7433. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:262 [ref. 20707]. Based on multiple sources including the 'Labrus oblongus, nigricans, ...' of Gronow 1756: 28 [ref. 20783] from the Mediterranean Sea, and the 'Labrus palmaris varius ...' of Artedi 1738: 34 [ref. 30578]; 1738: 53 [ref. 30349], which was again based on multiple historical sources, starting with Aristotle, Athenaeus, Aelianus, Oppianus and Galenus, also including the 'Iulis' of Bellon 1553: 254 [ref. 37989] from Venice, Italy and Marseille, France, fig. (based on Labrus bergylta) and 'Phycis', p. 256, fig. from Marseille, France (based on Coris julis), the 'Iulis' of Rondelet 1554: 180 [ref. 30354], Gesner 1558: 549 [ref. 30360] and Gesner 1598:14 [ref. 37990] from Venice (Italy) and Greece, the 'Julia' and 'Julis' of Salviani 1558: 217, 219, fig. [ref. 30229] from Rome (Italy), the 'Iulis authoris' of Aldrovandi 1638: 39 [ref. 37991], the 'Iulis' of Jonston 1649: 45, pl. 14, fig. 3 [ref. 30579], the 'Julis' of Charleton 1668: 133 [ref. 30580], Willughby 1686: 324 [ref. 30164], and Ray 1713: 138 [ref. 30231]. Spelled iulis in Brünnich 1768:54 [ref. 17290]. Neotype selected by Ramírez-Amaro et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38684]. •Valid as Julis julis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kuiter 2010:310 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Coris julis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:431 [ref. 7204], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:924 [ref. 13676], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:871 [ref. 19219], Porteiro et al. 1996:28 [ref. 23330], Santos et al. 1997:95 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:94 [ref. 24952], Parenti & Randall 2000:15 [ref. 24943], Guillemaud et al. 2000:929 [ref. 24996], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:109 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S17 [ref. 28536], Bernardi et al. 2004:372 [ref. 27454], Golani 2005:50 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:93 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:115 [ref. 30517], Fricke 2008:47, 48 [ref. 30182], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:53 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33547], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2748 [ref. 34618], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565], Artüz & Fricke 2019:557 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:281 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:74 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:37 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:88 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:67 [ref. 38303], Ramírez-Amaro et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38684], Fricke & Durville 2021:34 [ref. 38902], Fermon et al. 2022:289 [ref. 39448] misidentified). Current status: Valid as Coris julis (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea: Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) eastward; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea. IUCN (2010): LC. Eastern Atlantic records based on Coris melanura (Lowe 1839). Habitat: marine.