rhodonotus, Hologymnosus Randall [J. E.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1988:26, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 6410] Naha fish market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: BPBM 30921. Paratypes: BPBM 23489 (1), 31973 (1); NSMT-P 44228 (1); CAS-SU 25968 (1); USNM 153278 (1). •Valid as Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1988 -- (Chen et al. 1999:114 [ref. 38834], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:1001 [ref. 25182], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1001 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1395 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:168 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:332 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:688 [ref. 31980], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Hologymnosus rhodonotus Randall & Yamakawa 1988. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.