evides, Hemipteronotus Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1909:196, Pl. 72 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 2493] Kaohsiung [Takao], Taiwan. Holotype: FMNH 52197 [ex CM 343] (not found in 1996). Paratypes: CAS-SU 21255 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:96 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:45 [ref. 12367], Ho & Shao 2011:50 [ref. 31432]. Type designated in Pl. 72. •Valid as Hemipteronotus evides Jordan & Richardson 1909 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:239 [ref. 19754]). •Valid as Xyrichtys evides (Jordan & Richardson 1909) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:211 [ref. 6441], Shen & Yeh 1987:66 [ref. 6419], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:486 [ref. 27969] in Xyrichthys, Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1012 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1012 [ref. 26193], Randall & Jonsson 2008:180 [ref. 31037], Kuiter 2010:375 [ref. 35285]). •Synonym of Xyrichtys baldwini (Jordan & Evermann 1903) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Iniistius baldwini (Jordan & Evermann 1903) -- (Randall & Earle 2002:394 [ref. 26445], Randall 2007:350 [ref. 30952], Ho & Shao 2011:50 [ref. 31432]). •Valid as Iniistius evides (Joredan & Richardson 1909) -- (Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:691 [ref. 31980], Yoshida et al. 2013:176 [ref. 34464], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Iniistius evides (Jordan & Richardson 1909). Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) east to China and Taiwan, north to Japan. Habitat: marine.