hexataenia, Cheilinus Bleeker [P.] 1857:84 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6562. •Valid as Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker 1857) -- (Dor 1984:206 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:213 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:700 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:330 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:288 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:278 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:330 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:193 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:17 [ref. 24041], Fricke 1999:428 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:35 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1006 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:367 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1006 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:156 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:349 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:430 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1406 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:229 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:171 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:155 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:711 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:137 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:78 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:290 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:128 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:237 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Wada et al. 2021:45 [ref. 38521], Randall & Victor 2022:238 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker 1857). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Johnston Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.
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