xanthonota, Labropsis Randall [J. E.] 1981:138, Pl. 2 (figs. A-C) [Micronesica v. 17 (no. 1-2); ref. 5493] Eastern side of Fagatele Bay, Tutuila Island, American Samoa, depth 27 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15001. Paratypes: AMS I.17495-008 (1), I.19472-048 (1); ANSP 134517-18 (1, 1); BMNH 1980.7.23.5 (1); BPBM 6954 (1), 7515 (1), 7278 (1), 9274 (1), 9278-80 (1, 1, 1), 9284 (1), 11300 (1), 13439 (1), 15634 (1), 15805 (1), 17464 (1), 19522 (1), 19899 (1), 19957 (1), 24114 (1); CAS 46537 (2); MNHN 1980-574 (1), 1980-1344 (1); ROM 35938 (1), 35941 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 456 (1); TMBS 760925-2 (1); USNM 207467 (1), 224421 (1); WAM P.26085-003 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:118 [ref. 13621], Hutchins & Smith 1991:33 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:37 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Labropsis xanthonota Randall 1981 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:206 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:327 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:304 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:327 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:204 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:424 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:27 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:980 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:363 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:980 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:637 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:423 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1399 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:87 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2010:363 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:697 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:287 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:234 [ref. 36673], Randall & Victor 2022:222 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Labropsis xanthonota Randall 1981. Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Micronesia, Samoa and Tonga, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.
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