uniocellatus, Xyrichthys Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1831:97, Pl. 55 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Brazil. Lectotype: MNHN A-7611. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-7611 (smaller spec.) Type information: Bauchot 1963:112 [ref. 19171] as 2 syntypes. Lectotype designated in Gomon & Forsyth 1990:881 [ref. 19219]. Also appeared as Spix in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:48 [ref. 4882]. Original genus should have been Xyrichtys. •Synonym of Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Gomon & Forsyth 1990:881 [ref. 19219], Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Habitat: marine.