neilli, Cossyphus Day [F.] 1867:560 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 2) (art. 7); ref. 1075] Madras, India. Syntypes: BMNH 1868.5.14.1 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. •Valid as Bodianus neilli (Day 1867) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:6 [ref. 24943], Gomon 2006:69 [ref. 28730], Satapoomin 2009:218 [ref. 30463], Kuiter 2010:43 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:640 [ref. 31980], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Randall & Victor 2022:179 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus neilli (Day 1867). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Maldives, eastern India and Sri Lanka east to Nicobar Islands (India), Myanmar and Thailand. Habitat: marine.