melanomarginatus, Cirrhilabrus Randall [J. E.] & Shen [S.-C.] 1978:18, Pl. 2B [Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) v. 17 (no. 1); ref. 7027] Southern end at Mao Pi Tou, Taiwan, depth 6-10 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18675. Paratypes: AMS I.20073-001 (1); BMNH 1977.12.14.2 (1); BPBM 20967 (1); CAS 40468 (1); NTUM 04717 (1), 04718 (1), 04729 (1); USNM 217960 (1); UTIO-F 0234 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus Randall & Shen 1978 -- (Randall & Pyle 1989:118 [ref. 12854], Randall 1992:113 [ref. 20249], Allen 1995:17 [ref. 21855], Senou & Kato 1995:2 [ref. 24358], Allen & Randall 1996:102 [ref. 22684], Allen & Kuiter 1999:136 [ref. 24289], Parenti & Randall 2000:12 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1003 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:46 [ref. 25747], Westneat 2001:3400 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1003 [ref. 26193], Allen et al. 2008:131 [ref. 29752], Motomura et al. 2010:162 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:147 [ref. 35285], Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:656 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2015:3 [ref. 33787], Tea et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38271], Abe et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41435]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus Randall & Shen 1978. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia east to Philippines, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan). Habitat: marine.