cyanopleura, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1853:489 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 6612. Paralectotypes: (7) ?BMNH 1862.2.28.88 (1), ?MNHN 0000-4030 (2) Jakarta, ?NMV 46309 (1), ?RMNH 3833 (some of 10). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:52-53 [ref. 19171]. Lectotype selected by Randall 1996:8 [ref. 22260]. Nomen protectum from Julis finlaysoni Valenciennes 1839 and Julis purpureolineatus Valenciennes 1839 -- (Randall & Parenti 1999:30 [ref. 24276]). •Valid as Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:327 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:279 [ref. 23929], Randall et al. 1994:232 [ref. 21645], Randall 1996:6 [ref. 22260], Randall 1995:285 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:199 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:327 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3445 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:1399 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:228 [ref. 30463], Kuiter 2010:256 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:698 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33932], Victor 2016:25 [ref. 34530] and as cyanopterus on p. 17, Eagderi et al. 2019:73 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:234 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871] as cf. cyanopleura, Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223], Randall & Victor 2022:224 [ref. 39916]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker 1853). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.