Novaculichthys Bleeker [P.] 1862:414 Masc. Labrus taeniourus Lacepède 1801. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Bleeker 1862:102 [ref. 386]. •Valid as Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862 -- (Randall 1981:98 [ref. 5447], Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:699 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:31 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3384 [ref. 26277], Randall & Lobel 2003:971 [ref. 27563], Randall & Earle 2004:39 [ref. 27618], Allen et al. 2006:1402 [ref. 29095], Randall et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29753], Kuiter 2010:385 [ref. 35285], Fricke et al. 2018:288 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:235 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Novaculichthys Bleeker 1862. Labridae.