duperrey, Julis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:268, Pl. 56 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5133 (2), 0000-9016 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:54 [ref. 19171]. As duperrei in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:421 [ref. 1007]. •Synonym of the younger Thalassoma lucasanum (Gill 1863) -- (Grove & Lavenberg 1997:498 [ref. 24023] [but see McCosker 1998:810 [ref. 24025]]). •Valid as Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960] as duperreyi, Parenti & Randall 2000:45 [ref. 24943], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454] as duperreyi, Mundy 2005:447 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:343 [ref. 30952], Kuiter 2010:196 [ref. 35285], Lobel et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37334]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Hybridizes at Johnston Atoll with T. lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Habitat: marine.