loxozonus, Lepidaplois Snyder [J. O.] 1908:95 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 35 (no. 1635); ref. 4150] Naha market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62233. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21102 (1). Additional material: USNM 74580 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:86 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder 1908) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:238 [ref. 19754], Randall et al. 1990:300 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:474 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:180 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:270 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:300 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:189 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:6 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:973 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:351 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Westneat 2001:3411 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:973 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:633 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:393 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1375 [ref. 29095], Gomon 2006:82 [ref. 28730], Motomura et al. 2010:161 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:39 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:639 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2017:181 [ref. 35490], Fujiwara et al. 2020:36 [ref. 38631]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder 1908). Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Queensland (Australia) east to Marshall Islands, Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago and Austral Islands, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.