taeniourus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:448, 518, Pl. 29 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Grand océan équatorial [Madagascar]. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2145. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:92 [ref. 19171]. Originally spelled tæniourus. Based on description and illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Type locality according to Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:57 [ref. 4882]. •Valid as Xyrichtys taeniurus [sic] (Lacepède 1801) -- (Shen & Yeh 1987:63 [ref. 6419]). •Valid as Hemipteronotus taeniorus [sic] (Lacepède 1801) -- (Bussing 1987:96 [ref. 21800]). •Valid as Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Dor 1984:206 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441] as taeniurus, Randall 1986:699 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:120 [ref. 25477] as taeniurus, Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:329 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:295 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:203 [ref. 22193], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995:1218 [ref. 22830], Randall 1995:286 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:484 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:194 [ref. 23977] as taeniurus, Allen & Robertson 1997:829 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:201 [ref. 24545] as taeniorus, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:494 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:308 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:329 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:195 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:425 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:22 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:32 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1013 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:364 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:185 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:277 [ref. 27511], Victor et al. 2001:282 [ref. 25613], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Baldwin & McCosker 2001:91 [ref. 25779], Victor et al. 2001:106 [ref. 26031], Westneat 2001:3447 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1013 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Randall & Lobel 2003:971 [ref. 27563], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:154 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:348 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:136 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:425 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:443 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1402 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:354 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:87 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:170 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:385 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:701 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2014:136 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:448 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:77 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:288 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:172 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:235 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36871], Love et al. 2021:177 [ref. 39279], Wada et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38521], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223], Grove et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41326], Randall & Victor 2022:229 [ref. 39916], Page et al. 2023:174 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island (Australia); eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.