xanthurus, Labroides Bleeker [P.] 1856:52 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1 (6); ref. 352] Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ?BMNH 1864.5.15.17 (1), RMNH 6544 (largest of 2). •Valid as Diproctacanthus xanthurus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall et al. 1990:314 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:306 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:314 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:203 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3430 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:342 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:1387 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:360 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:665 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:227 [ref. 36673], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Diproctacanthus xanthurus (Bleeker 1856). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Eastern Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Palau and New Guinea, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.