Species that contain: Halichoeres and chloropterus [ 7 ] records

bleekeri, Halichoeres Günther [A.] 1861:386 [5] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 8 (no. 47); ref. 1967] On p. 5 of separate. Based on Julis cuvieri of Bleeker 1849:24, not of Bennett. •Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

chloropterus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:151, Pl. 288 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] Japan [actual probably Indian Ocean]. Syntypes: ZMB 2620 (1) Indian Ocean, 8585 (1, dry, missing). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:89 [ref. 24282]. On p. 121 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 8 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Hemicoris chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Kuiter 2010:306 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Randall et al. 1990:317 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:482 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:317 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:197 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:358 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Westneat 2001:3433 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:149 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1390 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:222 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:670 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:131 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:228 [ref. 36673], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

cuvieri, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1847:160 [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 314] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Also in Bleeker 1847:24 [ref. 317]. •Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

guttulatus, Platyglossus Macleay [W.] 1883:587 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 7 (pt 4); ref. 17586] New Guinea. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

gymnocephalus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:251 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. Syntypes: ZMB 2620 (1) Indian Ocean. •Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Randall et al. 1990:317 [ref. 15987], Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3433 [ref. 26277]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

inornata, Julichthys De Vis [C. W.] 1885:884 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 1091] Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Possibly described from a female Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:62 [ref. 24943]). •Incertae sedis in Labrinae -- (Allen et al. 2006:1418 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Uncertain as Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

modestus, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1847:160 [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 314] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and Bleeker specimens: ?NMV 46189-90 (2), RMNH 14265 (1 syntype), SMNS 10606 (2 syntypes), ZMB 4777 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:16 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:44 [ref. 29864]. Also in Bleeker 1847:26 [ref. 317]. •Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:20 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.