hebraicus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:454, 526, Pl. 29 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2153 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:84-85 [ref. 19171]. Originally hebraïcus. Based on description and illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Valid as Thalassoma hebraicum (Lacepède 1801) -- (Dor 1984:208 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:704 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:56 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Fricke 1999:436 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:45 [ref. 24943], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:353 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:89 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2010:205 [ref. 35285], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:293 [ref. 35805], Zajonz et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:258 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma hebraicum (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); Andaman Islands (India). Habitat: marine.