virescens, Halichoeres Fourmanoir [P.] & Guézé [P.] 1961:13 [Publications de l'Institut de Recherche Scientifique de Madagascar.; ref. 19993] Pointe-des-Galets fish market, Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:416 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Fricke 1999:416 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:205 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835. Labridae. Habitat: marine.