australis, Labropsis Randall [J. E.] 1981:149, Pl. 5 (figs. A-C) [Micronesica v. 17 (no. 1-2); ref. 5493] Outside reef, western side of One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 90 feet. Holotype: BPBM 14395. Paratypes: AMS I.15423-001 (1), I.15461-001 (2), I.15647-058 (1) I.15647-083 (5), I.15681-056 (1), I.17474-001 (1), I.18196 3/4-008 (1), I.19462-037 (1), I.21490-016 (1), I.21495-015 (1); ANSP 136136 (2); BMNH 1980.7.23.1 (1); BPBM 9404 (3), 11347 (2), 14376 (1), 14504 [not 14505] (1), 14524 (1), 15573 (1), 15633 (1), 19900 (2), 24125 (3); CAS 46534 (1); MNHN 1980-1341 (1); USNM 208287 (1). •Valid as Labropsis australis Randall 1981 -- (Randall et al. 1990:326 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:122 [ref. 20996], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:326 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:204 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:27 [ref. 24943], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:363 [ref. 25191], Westneat 2001:3444 [ref. 26277], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:422 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1398 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:362 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:696 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:234 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Labropsis australis Randall 1981. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea east to Tonga and Samoa, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.