Species that contain: Choerodon and robustus [ 4 ] records

dodecacanthus, Choerops Bleeker [P.] 1868:275 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 3; ref. 17051] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6534. •Synonym of Choerodon robustus (Günther 1862) -- (Fricke 1999:405 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:10 [ref. 24943], Gomon 2017:49 [ref. 35547], Randall & Victor 2022:187 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Choerodon robustus (Günther 1862). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

maxillosus, Cossyphus Guichenot [A.] 1863:C-23 [Faune ichthyologique 2nd Partie, Annexe C.; ref. 1943] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN A-8264 (1, dry), A-8265 (1, dry), A-8266 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:29-30 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Choerodon robustus (Günther 1862) -- (Fricke 1999:405 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:10 [ref. 24943], Gomon 2017:49 [ref. 35547], Randall & Victor 2022:187 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Choerodon robustus (Günther 1862). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pescadoresis, Choerodon Yu [M.-J.] 1968:10, Fig. 4 [Biological Bulletin Department of Biology College of Science Tunghai University Ichthyol. Ser. No. 4; ref. 19775] Pescadores Island, Taiwan. Holotype: THUP 00956 (now at NMMBP). Paratypes: THUP (now at NMMBP) 02096 (1), 02492 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Choerodon robustus (Günther 1862) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:10 [ref. 24943] as pescadorensis, Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432]). •Synonym of Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean 1907) -- (Gomon 2017:52 [ref. 35547], Parenti & Randall 2018:14 [ref. 35964]). Current status: Synonym of Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean 1907). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

robustus, Xiphochilus Günther [A.] 1862:98 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1840.12.12.10 (dry). •Valid as Choerodon robustus (Günther 1862) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:296 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:236 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:199 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:202 [ref. 6441], Baranes & Golani 1993:311 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:53 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:273 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:479 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:198 [ref. 23922], Khan 1998:230 [ref. 24980], Fricke 1999:405 [ref. 24106], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:971 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:971 [ref. 26193], Mabuchi et al. 2002:388 [ref. 26800], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:147 [ref. 27510], Fricke et al. 2009:84 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2010:54 [ref. 35285], Ho & Shao 2011:49 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:647 [ref. 31980], Gomon 2017:9, 49 [ref. 35547], Fricke et al. 2018:280 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:123 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:72 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:524 [ref. 37272], Randall & Victor 2022:187 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Choerodon robustus (Günther 1862). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues); Myanmar; Indonesia; Taiwan to southern Japan. IUCN (2010): Least concern. Habitat: marine.