lamarii, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:481 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8312 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:58-59 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Fricke 1999:415 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Parenti & Randall 2018:24 [ref. 35964], Randall & Victor 2022:205 [ref. 39916]). •See Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299]. •Valid as Platyglossus lamarii (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 2010:271 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres lamarii (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Fricke et al. 2009:86 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:284 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres lamarii (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.