caudimacula, Julis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1834:710, Pl. 15 (fig. 2) [Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe" Zoologie, v. 3 (Pt 2); ref. 3573] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9282. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:50 [ref. 19171]. •Valid as Paracoris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) -- (Kuiter 2010:307 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) -- (Dor 1984:200 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:692 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:114 [ref. 25477], Goren & Dor 1994:53 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:275 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:186 [ref. 23977], Randall 1999:20 [ref. 24043], Fricke 1999:408 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:14 [ref. 24943], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:343 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:408 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1385 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:336 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:85 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:281 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:124 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Fricke & Durville 2021:33 [ref. 38902], Randall & Victor 2022:192 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard 1834). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to western Indonesia and northwestern Australia (south to Shark Bay). Habitat: marine.