melanotis, Pseudojulis Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:66 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Gulf of California, Mexico, 24°22'15"N, 110°19'15"W, Albatross station 2825, depth 7 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 44274. •Valid as Pseudospilus [sic] melanotis (Gilbert 1890) -- (Bussing 1987:97 [ref. 21800]). •Valid as Iridio melanotis (Gilbert 1890) -- (Kuiter 2010:221 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres melanotis (Gilbert 1890) -- (Allen & Robertson 1992:49 [ref. 19541], Allen & Robertson 1994:201 [ref. 22193], Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995:1214 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:198 [ref. 24545], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Thomson et al. 2000:181 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:136 [ref. 37547], Rocha et al. 2010:28 [ref. 30767], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:448 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Wainwright et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35725], Love et al. 2021:176 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:174 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40981], Victor et al. 2024:14 [ref. 40864]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres melanotis (Gilbert 1890). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.