cerasina, Pseudojulis Snyder [J. O.] 1904:528 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50877. Some references refer to Pseudojuloides splendens and Pseudojuloides polynesica [ref. 35692]. •Valid as Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder 1904) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:208 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:701 [ref. 5706], Ayling & Russell 1977:172 [ref. 7228], Randall et al. 1990:332 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:292 [ref. 23929], Ho et al. 1993:9 [ref. 22789], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:204 [ref. 22193], Kuiter & Randall 1995:110 [ref. 21618], Randall et al. 1997:332 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:201 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:429 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:36 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:988 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:368 [ref. 25191], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:988 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:433 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:445 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1408 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:340 [ref. 30952], Kuiter 2010:333 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:715 [ref. 31980], Victor et al. 2013:560 [ref. 32724], Victor & Randall 2014:9 [ref. 33308], Condell et al. 2015:56 [ref. 33720], Victor & Edward 2015:48 [ref. 33835], Victor & Edward 2016:66 [ref. 34490], Victor 2017:25 [ref. 35692]). Current status: Valid as Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder 1904). Labridae. Distribution: Northern-central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) endemic. Habitat: marine.