lambdastigma, Leptojulis Randall [J. E.] & Ferraris [C. J., Jr.] 1981:93, Fig. 5 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 5492] 11°56.2'N, 124°30.8'E, Samar Sea, Philippines, depth 80-91 meters. Holotype: BPBM 26408. Paratypes: AMS I.22009-001 (1); BPBM 26420 (1); CAS 47360 (1); MNHN 1981-0607 (1); USNM 222103 (1), 226881-82 (1, 1). •Valid as Leptojulis lambdastigma Randall & Ferraris 1981 -- (Randall 1996:8 [ref. 22260], Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Kuiter 2010:257 [ref. 35285], Yoshida et al. 2013:177 [ref. 34464], Motomura et al. 2017:185 [ref. 35490], Jayakumar et al. 2020:92 [ref. 37768], Vilasri et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40764], Luo et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Leptojulis lambdastigma Randall & Ferraris 1981. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Philippines, north to southern China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.