muricatus, Scarus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:208 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH (whereabouts unknown). Based on an RMNH specimen collected by Kuhl & van Hasselt, which was examined and drawn in Leiden by Valenciennes. •Valid as Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall & Bruce 1983:6 [ref. 5412], Dor 1984:211 [ref. 29757], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:218 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:709 [ref. 5706], Choat & Randall 1986:197 [ref. 8099], Allen & Swainston 1988:122 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:343 [ref. 15987], Bellwood 1994:65 [ref. 19116], Goren & Dor 1994:56 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:488 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:198 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:314 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:343 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:207 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:449 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:51 [ref. 24943], Bellwood in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1015 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:375 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Bellwood 2001:3473 [ref. 26278], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1015 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495] dated 1839, Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576] dated 1839, Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Liao et al. 2004:529 [ref. 28045], Randall 2005:445 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:126 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1426 [ref. 29090], Ogihara et al. 2010:44 [ref. 31554], Allen & Erdmann 2012:728 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:140 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:80 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:131 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673], Randall et al. 2019:34 [ref. 36852], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Randall 2022:267 [ref. 39936]). Current status: Valid as Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mascarenes (Mauritius and Rodrigues) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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