dispilus, Platyglossus Günther [A.] 1864:25 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 26 Jan. 1864); ref. 5752] Pacific coast of Panama. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.16.57 (1), 1864.1.26.410 (1), 1864.1.26.419 (1). Also appeared in Günther 1864:230 [ref. 1976]. •Valid as Iridio dispilus (Günther 1864) -- (Kuiter 2010:223 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres dispilus (Günther 1864) -- (Bussing 1987:96 [ref. 21800], Allen & Robertson 1994:200 [ref. 22193], Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995:1211 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:198 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:491 [ref. 24023], Vargas et al. 1998:199 [ref. 23988], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:333 [ref. 24555], Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943], Thomson et al. 2000:176 [ref. 25640], Victor et al. 2001:282 [ref. 25613], Baldwin & McCosker 2001:93 [ref. 25779], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Love et al. 2005:136 [ref. 37547], Weaver & Rocha 2007:803 [ref. 29437], Lobel et al. 2009:171 [ref. 30071], Rocha et al. 2010:28 [ref. 30767], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:119 [ref. 35745], 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], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:176 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:279 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres dispilus (Günther 1864). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to northern Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.