whitleyi, Naurua Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:345 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 89) (art. 42); ref. 4097] Nauru, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Holotype: AMS I.6680. Paratypes: AMS I.21031-001 [ex AMS I.6680, not 21032-001] (7). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:20 [ref. 36146]. Replacement name for Naurua waitei Whitley & Colefax 1938, secondarily preoccupied in Luzonichthys by Mirolabrichthys waitei Fowler 1931. •Valid as Luzonichthys whitleyi (Smith 1955) -- (Randall & McCosker 1992:15 [ref. 20204], Myers 1999:106 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2469 [ref. 24815], Senou & Morishita 2003:2 [ref. 27350], Randall 2005:137 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:287 [ref. 31980], Copus et al. 2015:2 [ref. 33771], Anderson 2018:20 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:18 [ref. 37354], Allen & Erdmann 2024:305 [ref. 40796]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Luzonichthys whitleyi (Smith 1955). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), Phoenix Islands and Line Islands (Kiribati), south to Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.