aper, Labrus Valenciennes [A.] 1846:no p., Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "la Vénus"; ref. 6165] Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8197 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:80 [ref. 19171]. Dates to publication in plate; corresponding text published as Valenciennes 1855:338 [ref. 4504]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Labrus aper Retzius 1800. •Synonym of Semicossyphus darwini (Jenyns 1842) -- (Gomon 1997:825 [ref. 23083], Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Baldwin & McCosker 2001:92 [ref. 25779]). •Synonym of Bodianus darwini (Jenyns 1842). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Bodianus darwini (Jenyns 1842). Labridae. Habitat: marine.