trilineatus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:253 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Coringo, Coromandel, India. No types known. •Mention -- (Dor 1984:208 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Randall & Kay 1974:103 [ref. 22741], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:335 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:286 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:484 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:294 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:335 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:201 [ref. 23965], Randall 2000:36 [ref. 24432], Parenti & Randall 2000:40 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:984 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:213 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:279 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:984 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:157 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1411 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:231 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:172 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:354 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:720 [ref. 31980], Bae et al. 2013:320 [ref. 36301], Fricke et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:78 [ref. 35333], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:234 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:238 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:151 [ref. 39118], Silambarasan et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38784], Randall & Victor 2022:252 [ref. 39916], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lakshadweep (India), Maldives and eastern India east to Samoa, north to southern Korea and Japan, south to eastern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.