bicolor, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:267 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. No types known. •Valid as Hemiulis bicolor (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kuiter 2010:264 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:19 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Satapoomin 2009:222 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:668 [ref. 31980], Yoshida et al. 2013:175 [ref. 34464], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2015:74 [ref. 34319], Victor 2016:17 [ref. 34530], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:231 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:525 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Christmas Island east to Indonesia, north to northern Vietnam. Habitat: marine.