Species that contain: Bodianus and pulchellus [ 3 ] records

insularis, Bodianus Gomon [M. F.] & Lubbock [R.] 1980:106, Figs. 1-3 [Northeast Gulf Science v. 3 (no. 2) [for Dec. 1979]; ref. 8717] English Bay, Ascension Island [eastern Atlantic], depth 15 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1979.6.19.10. Paratypes: BMNH 1867.10.8.17-18 (2), 1879.5.14.29 (1), 1910.9.9.16 (1), 1927.12.7.72 (1), 1932.2.19.47-49 (3), 1965.12.1.96-97 (1, 1), 1979.6.19.11-17 (7); MNHN A-7413 (1), 1963-0224 (1); USNM 218885 (1), 218891 (1). •Possibly a synonym of Bodianus pulchellus (Poey 1860) -- (Motta-Neto et al. 2020:43 [ref. 37436]). •Valid as Bodianus insularis Gomon & Lubbock 1980 -- (Edwards & Glass 1987:654 [ref. 9166], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:869 [ref. 19219], Parenti & Randall 2000:5 [ref. 24943], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Gomon 2006:98 [ref. 28730], Kuiter 2010:29 [ref. 35285], Wirtz et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33516], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2745 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:174 [ref. 36444], Carvalho-Filho 2023:206 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus insularis Gomon & Lubbock 1980. Labridae. Distribution: Western-central Atlantic: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Brazil); southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island and Saint Helena Island. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

naevius, Harpe Eigenmann [C. H.] 1894:630 [Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences v. 7 (art. 5); ref. 1214] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): CUMV 1263. •Synonym of Bodianus pulchellus (Poey 1860) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:6 [ref. 24943], Gomon 2006:101 [ref. 28730]). Current status: Synonym of Bodianus pulchellus (Poey 1860). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pulchellus, Cossyphus Poey [F.] 1860:208 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Possible syntypes: MCZ 14292 (1), USNM 4752 (1), ZMB 5952 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:209 [ref. 22926] with MCZ 14292 as holotype. •Valid as Bodianus pulchellus (Poey 1860) -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:397 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:201 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:154 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:345 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:397 [ref. 24474], Sazima & Gasparini 1999:89 [ref. 24144], Parenti & Randall 2000:6 [ref. 24943], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:291 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:77 [ref. 25466], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Westneat 2003:1706 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], Gomon 2006:101 [ref. 28730], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:508 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2007:14, 37 [ref. 30263], Kuiter 2010:30 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:62 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Santini et al. 2016:3 [ref. 39174], Almeida & Alves 2019:270 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:241 [ref. 38139], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:456 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:205 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40710], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus pulchellus (Poey 1860). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Santa Catarina (Brazil); eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.