torquatus, Xyrichthys Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:54, Pl. 392 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Suriname [actually East Indies]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1903. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:111 [ref. 19171]. Original genus should have been Xyrichtys. •Valid as Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall et al. 1990:314 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:290 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:196, 198 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:310 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:314 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:194 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1004 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:357 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1004 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495] dated 1839, Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:409 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1387 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:388 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:664 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:282 [ref. 35805], Randall & Victor 2022:196 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:728 [ref. 40796], Myers et al. 2025:65 [ref. 42065]). Current status: Valid as Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae: Xyrichtyinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya), Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippines, Mariana Islands and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.