argus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:263 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Australia [as New Holland]. •Valid as Hemiulis argus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kuiter 2010:260 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres argus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:208 [ref. 6441], Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977], Parenti & Randall 2000:19 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:995 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:995 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830] dated 1791, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:148 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:410 [ref. 28239], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1390 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:221 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:165 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:667 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:228 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:525 [ref. 37272], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2021:53 [ref. 38121], Randall & Victor 2022:201 [ref. 39916], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres argus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lakshadweep (India), Sri Lanka, Myanmar and eastern Andaman Sea east to Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.