punctatus, Cirrhilabrus Randall [J. E.] & Kuiter [R. H.] 1989:44, Figs. 1-7 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 16 (no. 2); ref. 13502] Patch reef, lagoon, One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 2 meters. Holotype: AMS I.28902-001. Paratypes: AMS I.17380-004 (1), I.17744-005 (1), I.18767-008 (6), I.22576-022 (2), I.22583-020 (3); BMNH 1989.5.24.1-2 (2); BPBM 11396 (1), 11407 (5), 14380 (1), 14496 (9), 14520 (6), 14572 (1), 14899 (4), ?15956 (1), 20867 (1), 27084 (2), 27104 (5), 30231 (5), 30270 (6), 31116 (9), 31127 (2), 31136 (2), 31143 (1), 32835 (4), 33507 (3), 33550 (2); CAS 66544 (1); QM I.14925 (1), 15572 (6); ROM 50159 (16), 50162 (4), 50165 (2); USNM 216525 (2, not 3), 238840 (9), 216525 (2, not 3), 238840 (9), 238843 (20), 303160 (3, not 4), 303161 (1); WAM P.27073-024 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:33 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:36 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cirrhilabrus punctatus Randall & Kuiter 1989 -- (Randall et al. 1990:310 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:293 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Allen 1995:17 [ref. 21855], Allen & Randall 1996:102 [ref. 22684], Allen 1997:182 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:308 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:310 [ref. 25919], Allen & Kuiter 1999:136 [ref. 24289], Parenti & Randall 2000:12 [ref. 24943], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:355 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:46 [ref. 25747], Westneat 2001:3400 [ref. 26277], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:403 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1383 [ref. 29095], Allen et al. 2008:139 [ref. 29752], Allen et al. 2008:131 [ref. 29752], Kuiter 2010:125 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:657 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2015:3 [ref. 33787], Fricke et al. 2019:227 [ref. 36673], Tea et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38271]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhilabrus punctatus Randall & Kuiter 1989. Labridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea east to Fiji and Tonga, south to Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.