strigiventer, Julis Bennett [E. T.] 1833:184 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1832 (pt 2); ref. 16787] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1861.8.14.4. •Valid as Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett 1833) -- (Randall & Kay 1974:102 [ref. 22741], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:703 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:56 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:335 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:285 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:296 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:335 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:201 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:432 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24432], Parenti & Randall 2000:39 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:984 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:278 [ref. 27511] dated 1832, Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277] dated 1832, Nakabo 2002:984 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830] dated 1832, Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:352 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:437 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1411 [ref. 29095] dated 1832, Fricke et al. 2009:89 [ref. 30213] dated 1832, Motomura et al. 2010:172 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:349 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:719 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:168 [ref. 32988] dated 1832, Fricke et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:78 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:292 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:129 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:238 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871] as cf. strigiventer, Randall & Victor 2022:252 [ref. 39916], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett 1833). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Sydney (New South Wales, Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.