zeylonicus, Julis Bennett [E. T.] 1833:183 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1832 (pt 2); ref. 16789] Sri Lanka. No types known. •Valid as Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757], Randall et al. 1990:322 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:283 [ref. 22896], Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:361 [ref. 25191], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Randall & Lobel 2003:124 [ref. 26689], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:411 [ref. 28239], Kuiter 2010:253 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:686 [ref. 31980], Victor 2016:16 [ref. 34530], To & Shea 2016:2 [ref. 34792], Fricke et al. 2018:285 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:73 [ref. 37020], Pradhan et al. 2019:247 [ref. 36919], Randall & Victor 2022:211 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to western Indonesia. IUCN (2010): Least concern. Habitat: marine.