bifer, Julis Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] 1839:64, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): Royal Coll. Surgeons, London (whereabouts unknown). •Synonym of Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Dor 1984:206 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:32 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:443 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:354 [ref. 30952], Randall & Victor 2022:229 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.