lunatus, Cirrhilabrus Randall [J. E.] & Masuda [H.] 1991:54, Figs. 1-5 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 18 (no. 2); ref. 19719] West side of Sesoko Island, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 32 meters. Holotype: BPBM 19161. Paratypes: BPBM 34525-26 (1, 2), IOPM 2265 (1), USNM 280128 (1). •Valid as Cirrhilabrus lunatus Randall & Masuda 1991 -- (Randall 1992:112 [ref. 20249], Allen 1995:17 [ref. 21855], Allen & Randall 1996:102 [ref. 22684], Allen & Kuiter 1999:136 [ref. 24289], Parenti & Randall 2000:12 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:1003 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:46 [ref. 25747], Nakabo 2002:1003 [ref. 26193], Randall & Nagareda 2002:127 [ref. 26619], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2003:113 [ref. 27245], Allen 2006:3 [ref. 28623], Allen et al. 2008:131 [ref. 29752], Motomura et al. 2010:162 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:148 [ref. 35285], Walsh 2014:129 [ref. 33450], Allen et al. 2015:3 [ref. 33787], Tea et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34470] as cf. lunatus, Allen & Hammer 2017:62 [ref. 35954], Tea et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38271]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhilabrus lunatus Randall & Masuda 1991. Labridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.