gracilis, Labrichthys Steindachner [F.] & Döderlein [L.] 1887:273 [17] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 53 (1. abth.); ref. 4249] Tokyo, Japan. Lectotype: NMW 76572 (largest). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1891.5.26.15-16 (2); MZS 294 (1); NMW 27671-72 (1, 1), 76572 (2 of 3); ?ZMB 12244 (2). Lectotype selected by Russell 1985:8 [ref. 5235]. Other type information (MZS, ZMB) from Amaoka & Fujii 1999:148, 164 [ref. 26515]. •Valid as Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner & Döderlein 1887) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:206 [ref. 6441], Russell 1985:8 [ref. 5235], Randall et al. 1990:336 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:279 [ref. 23929], Randall et al. 1994:233 [ref. 21645], Randall 1994:266 [ref. 21644], Randall 1995:290 [ref. 22896], Lee & Kim 1996:41 [ref. 25726], Carpenter et al. 1997:200 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:135 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:336 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:40 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:983 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:368 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:214 [ref. 25480], Westneat 2001:3460 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:983 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:368, 637 [ref. 26218], Randall 2005:438 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1413 [ref. 29095], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:78 [ref. 35264], Motomura et al. 2010:173 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:252 [ref. 35285], Russell & Westneat 2013:90 [ref. 32655], Fukui in Kimura et al. 2018:234 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:74 [ref. 37020], Sonoyama et al. 2020:87 [ref. 37637], Mochizuki et al. 2022:70 [ref. 39927]). Current status: Valid as Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner & Döderlein 1887). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf; Vietnam east to Taiwan, north to central Japan; southeastern Australia to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.