eoethinus, Labrus Richardson [J.] 1846:255 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1968.3.11.14 (skin). Holotype recatalogued in error as BMNH 1980.1.29.1. Type information: Whitehead 1970:216 [ref. 11606]. Originally as eöthinus; emended spellng eoethinus regarded as correct by Mabuchi & Nakabo 1997:328 [ref. 23357]. •Synonym of Pseudolabrus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Russell 1988:25 [ref. 12549]). •Valid as Pseudolabrus eoethinus (Richardson 1846) -- (Mabuchi & Nakabo 1997:321 [ref. 23357], Parenti & Randall 2000:37 [ref. 24943], Mabuchi et al. 2000:163 [ref. 24995], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:982 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:210 [ref. 25480], Nakabo 2002:982 [ref. 26193], Kuiter 2010:231 [ref. 35285], Motomura et al. 2015:26 [ref. 34709], Kim et al. 2020:151 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37637], Murase et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Pseudolabrus eoethinus (Richardson 1846). Labridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.