richmondi, Halichoeres Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:263, Pl. 24 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Inamucan Bay, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89971. Paratypes: USNM 93525 (1). Additional material: USNM 16233 (1). •Synonym of Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977]). •Valid as Hemiulis richmondi (Fowler & Bean 1928) -- (Kuiter 2010:268 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres richmondi Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Sano 1988:504 [ref. 22499], Myers 1999:199 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:996 [ref. 25182], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:996 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Barber & Bellwood 2005:250 [ref. 35318], Motomura et al. 2010:167 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:682 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:76 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:231 [ref. 36673], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres richmondi Fowler & Bean 1928. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.