samurai, Oxycheilinus Fukui [Y.], Muto [N.] & Motomura [H.] 2016:[4] 215, Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Research v. 64 (no. 2); ref. 35080] Off Nagura, Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°41'03"N, 124°11'06"E, depth 26 meters. Holotype: KAUM-I 83796. Paratypes: KAUM, UPVMI. •Valid as Oxycheilinus samurai Fukui, Muto & Motomura 2016 -- (Motomura et al. 2017:185 [ref. 35490], Fukui & Motomura 2018:376 [ref. 36519], Parenti & Randall 2018:19 [ref. 35964]). Current status: Valid as Oxycheilinus samurai Fukui, Muto & Motomura 2016. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific:Philippines and eastern Indonesia north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Grande Terre (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.