trilobatus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:454, 526, Pl. 4 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Grand Océan équatorial [Indo-West Pacific]. Syntypes: (all dry) MNHN B-2146 to 2150 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:92 [ref. 19171]. Based on description and illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Valid as Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacepède 1801) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:57 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:339 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:289 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Randall & Mee 1994:302 [ref. 21641], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:339 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:446 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:745 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:23 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:990 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:990 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Randall 2003:1 [ref. 26963], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:355 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:442 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:449 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1416 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:346 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:89 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:175 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:190 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:724 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:139 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Koeda et al. 2016:79 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:294 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:20 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:170 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:239 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Akaike et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38809], Randall & Victor 2022:262 [ref. 39916], Fricke et al. 2024:78 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), northern New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.