leucosticticus, Labrus Bennett [E. T.] 1832:166 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1856.2.15.? [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Valid as Bodianus leucostictus (Bennett 1832) -- (Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:972 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:972 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:341 [ref. 28072], Gomon 2006:49 [ref. 28730], Kuiter 2010:25 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:639 [ref. 31980], Psomadakis et al. 2020:523 [ref. 37272]). •Valid as Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1832) -- (Randall 1986:688 [ref. 5706], Baranes & Golani 1993:310 [ref. 22372], Khalaf et al. 1996:404 [ref. 23175], Fricke 1999:397 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:5 [ref. 24943], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:145 [ref. 27510], Fricke et al. 2009:83 [ref. 30213], Baranes et al. 2017:281 [ref. 35028], Cabebe et al. 2019:129 [ref. 37816], Gumanao et al. 2022:134 [ref. 39933], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:15 [ref. 39607], Randall & Victor 2022:177 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:693 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); Myanmar east to Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.