trilobatus, Cheilinus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:529, 537, Pl. 31 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Réunion, western Mascarenes; Mauritius, Mascarenes; Madagascar, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN B-2129 (1, dry), B-2131 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:16-17 [ref. 19171]. Based on description and drawing in manuscript by Commerson (Philibedrt Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Unjustified emendation as trilobus by Schinz 1822:427 [ref. 3926] (see Daget 1968:1058 [ref. 26392]). •Valid as Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède 1801 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:302 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:240 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:198 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:213 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:690 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:112 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:52 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:303 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:53 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:477 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:178 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:138 [ref. 26476] dated 1802, Kuiter 1997:274 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:303 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:190 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:402 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:743 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:8 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1008 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:352 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:203 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3415 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1008 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:146 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:397 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:433 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1376 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:84 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:161 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:175 [ref. 35285], Caratini & Soriano 2011:120 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:643 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:265 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:165 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:127 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:73 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:279 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:224 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36871], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2021:52 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:241 [ref. 41223], Randall & Victor 2022:184 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:698 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:76 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.