pacificus, Verreo Kamohara [T.] 1952:54, Fig. 51 [Research Reports of the Kôchi University, (Ser.) Natural Science. No. 3; ref. 12778] Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): BSKU 340. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:4 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Bodianus pacificus (Kamohara 1952) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:202 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:974 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:974 [ref. 26193]). •Valid as Decodon pacificus (Kamohara 1952) -- (Gomon 1997:819 [ref. 23083], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Allen et al. 2006:1387 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:49 [ref. 35285], Psomadakis et al. 2020:524 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Decodon pacificus (Kamohara 1952). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar; Japan; northern Australia. Habitat: marine.