Species that contain: Halichoeres and margaritaceus [ 9 ] records

daedalma, Halichoeres Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:301, Pl. 47 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51845. Paratypes: AMS I.8005-09 (5); MCZ 35981 (1); CAS-SU 8732-33 (23, 1), USNM 126607 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:85 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

equinus, Platyglossus De Vis [C. W.] 1885:885 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 1091] Cardwell, Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.964. •Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1391 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

harloffii, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1847:159 [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 314] Pagotang, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: SMNS 10604 (2). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:15 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:44 [ref. 29864]. Also in Bleeker 1847:22 [ref. 317]. •Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

macleayi, Halichoeres Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:303 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Hood Bay, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS I.21971-001 [ex MAMU F940 (F537)]. Replacement of Platyglossus margaritaceus Macleay 1883:274 (not of Cuvier & Valenciennes). •Synonym of Xenojulis margaritaceus (Macleay 1883) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3464 [ref. 26277] dated 1884, Allen et al. 2006:1417 [ref. 29095]). •Synonym of Xenojulis margaritacea (Macleay 1883). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Xenojulis margaritacea (Macleay 1883). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

margaritaceus, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:484 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN A-9201 (5). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:61 [ref. 19171]. •Valid as Octocynodon margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 2010:275 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Dor 1984:202 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:209 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:318 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:282 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:318 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:198 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:21 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:997 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:359 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3435 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:997 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:412 [ref. 28239], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1391 [ref. 29095], Randall & King 2010:17 [ref. 30743], Motomura et al. 2010:165 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:676 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:132 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167], Koeda et al. 2016:75 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:229 [ref. 36673], Hasan et al. 2023:2211 [ref. 40412]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands and Indonesia east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec islands, Tonga and Gambier Islands. Habitat: marine.

nafae, Halichoeres Tanaka [S.] 1908:36, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 23 (art. 7); ref. 6032] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): in possession of Mr. J. Hashimoto. •Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

opercularis, Platyglossus Günther [A.] 1862:148 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Fiji Islands; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1856.9.4.109-110 (2), 1858.4.21.65 (1). •Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

poecila, Julis Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] 1839:66, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): not preserved. Based on a drawing by Mr. Smyth. •Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:21 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

sexmaculatus, Halichoeres Fowler [H. W.] 1946:166, Fig. 34 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72042. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:118 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Xenojulis margaritaceus (Macleay 1883) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Xenojulis margaritacea (Macleay 1883). Current status: Synonym of Xenojulis margaritacea (Macleay 1883). Labridae. Habitat: marine.