Species that contain: Bodianus and leucosticticus [ 4 ] records

bourboni, Lepidaplois Fourmanoir [P.] & Guézé [P.] 1961:7, Fig. 1 [Publications de l'Institut de Recherche Scientifique de Madagascar.; ref. 19993] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 421. Also treated in Fourmanoir & Guézé 1967:54 [ref. 7890]. •Valid as Bodianus bourboni (Fourmanoir & Guézé 1961) -- (Parenti & Randall 2018:14 [ref. 35964]). •Synonym of Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1832) -- (Randall 1986:688 [ref. 5706] as leucostictus, Fricke 1999:398 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:5 [ref. 24943] as bourbon, Gomon 2006:49 [ref. 28730], Baranes et al. 2017:281 [ref. 35028], Randall & Victor 2022:177 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

leucosticticus, Labrus Bennett [E. T.] 1832:166 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1856.2.15.? [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Valid as Bodianus leucostictus (Bennett 1832) -- (Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:972 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:972 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:341 [ref. 28072], Gomon 2006:49 [ref. 28730], Kuiter 2010:25 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:639 [ref. 31980], Psomadakis et al. 2020:523 [ref. 37272]). •Valid as Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1832) -- (Randall 1986:688 [ref. 5706], Baranes & Golani 1993:310 [ref. 22372], Khalaf et al. 1996:404 [ref. 23175], Fricke 1999:397 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:5 [ref. 24943], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:145 [ref. 27510], Fricke et al. 2009:83 [ref. 30213], Baranes et al. 2017:281 [ref. 35028], Cabebe et al. 2019:129 [ref. 37816], Gumanao et al. 2022:134 [ref. 39933], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:15 [ref. 39607], Randall & Victor 2022:177 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); Myanmar east to Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

luteopunctatus, Lepidaplois Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:102, Pl. 1 (fig. A) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 7; ref. 4113] Off Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean, depth about 10 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 64. •Valid as Bodianus luteopunctatus (Smith 1957) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:204 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1831) -- (Shen & Lin 1984:14 [ref. 13822], Randall 1986:688 [ref. 5706] as leucostictus). •Synonym of Bodianus trilineatus (Fowler 1934) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:7 [ref. 24943], Gomon 2006:55 [ref. 28730], Randall & Victor 2022:180 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Bodianus trilineatus (Fowler 1934). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

trilineatus, Lepidaplois Fowler [H. W.] 1934:492, Fig. 47 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 1419] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ANSP 55993. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:118 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett 1831) -- (Randall 1986:688 [ref. 5706] as leucostictus). •Valid as Bodianus trilineatus (Fowler 1934) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:7 [ref. 24943], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:340 [ref. 28072], Gomon 2006:55 [ref. 28730], Khalaf & Zajonz 2007:430 [ref. 31739], Kuiter 2010:24 [ref. 35285], Santini et al. 2016:3 [ref. 39174], Baranes et al. 2017:282 [ref. 35028], Fricke et al. 2018:278 [ref. 35805], Randall & Victor 2022:180 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus trilineatus (Fowler 1934). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and East Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique) south to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), east to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.