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Species in the genus Lachnolaimus: [ 7 ] records

aigula, Lachnolaimus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:277, Pl. 378 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] St. Bartholomew Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7392. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:101 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Cervigón 1993:427 [ref. 24474], Parenti & Randall 2000:28 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

caninus, Lachnolaimus Cuvier [G.] (ex Parra) 1829:257 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Locality not stated [Havana, Cuba]. No types known. Non-types: MNHN A-8216 (1, dry) Bauchot's holotype, A-7391 (1), 4812 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:102 [ref. 19171] with types in MNHN, but original description does not involve MNHN types. Available from footnote as, "L. caninus, N., Parra, pl. iii, f. 2." [Parra 1787:4, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [ref. 6840] 'Perro']. New name for Lutianus perro Bloch & Schneider 1801. Appeared later in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:286 [ref. 1007]. •Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:28 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

dux, Lachnolaimus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:285 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Martinique Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7389. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:101 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:28 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

maximus, Labrus Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Catesby) 1792:261 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality [probably Bahamas or Carolinas]. No types known. Based on 'The great hogfish' of Catesby (1771: 15, pl. 15). •Valid as Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:202 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:156 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:347 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:427 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:294 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:28 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Westneat 2003:1715 [ref. 27106], Smith et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:522 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:93 [ref. 37265], Kuiter 2010:13 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:63 [ref. 33341], Sampaio et al. 2016:1873 [ref. 34876], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:208 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Paraná (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2018): Vulnerable. Habitat: marine.

perro, Lutianus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Parra) 1801:329 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Locality not stated [Havana, Cuba]. No types known. Based on the 'Perro' of Parra 1787:4, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [ref. 6840] (erroneously cited as p. 4, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) by Bloch & Schneider 1801:329 [ref. 471]). •Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Current status: Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

psittacus, Lachnolaimus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:291 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Puerto Rico. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:102 [ref. 19171]. Based on a manuscript. •Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:28 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

suillus, Lachnolaimus Cuvier [G.] 1829:257 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No types known. Non-types: MNHN A-8318 (1, dry), 1989-1338 (1) Saint Dominigue. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:101 [ref. 19171] with types in MNHN, but original description does not involve MNHN types. Available from footnote as, "Lachnolaimus suillus, N.; Catesby., II, xv. Appeared later in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:286 [ref. 1007]. •Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:28 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Habitat: marine.