dorsomacula, Coris Fowler [H. W.] 1908:436, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 59; ref. 1377] Victoria, Australia [may be in error]. Holotype (unique): ANSP 33126 (dry, caudal damaged, head missing). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:117 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Paracoris dorsomacula (Fowler 1908) -- (Kuiter 2010:308 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Coris dorsomacula Fowler 1908 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:210 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:70 [ref. 13818], Randall et al. 1990:312 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:299 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:182 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:312 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:197 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:33 [ref. 24043], Francis et al. 1999:577 [ref. 24249], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:15 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1000 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:356 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1000 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:406 [ref. 28239], Randall 2005:408 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1385 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:336 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:164 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:663 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:129 [ref. 33932], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Koeda et al. 2016:74 [ref. 35333], Fricke & Durville 2021:33 [ref. 38902]). Current status: Valid as Coris dorsomacula Fowler 1908. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Christmas Island (eastern Indian Ocean) and South China Sea east to Fiji, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.