aurantiofasciatus, Pseudocoris Fourmanoir [P.] 1971:130, Fig. 2 [Cahiers du Pacifique No. 15; ref. 7672] Rangiroa, Tuamotu Archipelago, depth 4 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1970-0032. Pseudocoris is feminine. •Valid as Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata Fourmanoir 1971 [sometimes as aurantiofasciatus] -- (Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:999 [ref. 25182], Parenti & Randall 2000:35 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277] as aurantifasciata, Nakabo 2002:999 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830] as aurantiofasciata, Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576] as aurantiofasciata, Randall 2005:431 [ref. 28239] as aurantiofasciata, Randall & Walsh 2008:47 [ref. 29659] as aurantiofasciata, Shao et al. 2008:258 [ref. 29952], Kuiter 2010:325 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:712 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:137 [ref. 33932], Randall et al. 2015:6, 41 [ref. 33896]). Current status: Valid as Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata Fourmanoir 1971. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands, Tuamotu, north to Palau and Japan, Philippines and south to Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands to Line Islands. Habitat: marine.