Species that contain: Halichoeres and marginatus [ 8 ] records

annularis, Julis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:482 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 2201. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24048 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:76 [ref. 19171]. Lectotype selected by Bauchot 1963:76 [ref. 19171]. •Valid as Platyglossus annularis (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 2010:270 [ref. 35285]). •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Fricke et al. 2011: 417 [ref. 31242], Parenti & Randall 2018:23 [ref. 35964]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar, Christmas Island (Australia) and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

ianthinus, Halichoeres Fourmanoir [P.] 1955:217 [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série A, Biologie Animale v. 9; ref. 12271] Domoni, Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:205 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

lamarii, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:481 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8312 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:58-59 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Fricke 1999:415 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Parenti & Randall 2018:24 [ref. 35964], Randall & Victor 2022:205 [ref. 39916]). •See Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299]. •Valid as Platyglossus lamarii (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 2010:271 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres lamarii (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Fricke et al. 2009:86 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:284 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres lamarii (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.

marginatus, Halichoeres Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:16 [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Al Muwaylih, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 1154 (2). Sometimes treated as a widespread Indo-Pacific species. •Valid as Platyglossus marginatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Kuiter 2010:271 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Dor 1984:202 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:208 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:695 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:318 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:281 [ref. 23929], Randall et al. 1994:229 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Kuiter & Randall 1995:113 [ref. 21618], Randall 1995:280 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:198 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:288 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:318 [ref. 25919], Khan 1998:231 [ref. 24980], Myers 1999:198 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:415 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:995 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:995 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:150 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715] but restricted to the Red Sea on Kuiter, Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:413 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:438 [ref. 28379], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1391 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:337 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:676 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:132 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:75 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:172 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:72 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:229 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38121], Randall & Victor 2022:205 [ref. 39916], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

metager, Platyglossus Day [F.] (ex Tickell) 1888:802 [The fishes of India Suppl.; ref. 1082] Saddle Island, off Kyoukphyoo, Arracan, Myanmar. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. We assume Day revised the description in his style and may have taken information from the figure rather than quoting directly from Tickell. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

notopsis, Julis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:485 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Lectotype: MNHN A-9127. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-9128 (1); RMNH 2195-97 (2, 2, 2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:63-64 [ref. 19171]. Lectotype established in Bauchot 1963:63 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Randall 1986:695 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:205 [ref. 39916]). •Synonym of Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

phaiopus, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1853:291 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Cauer, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres annularis (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

virescens, Halichoeres Fourmanoir [P.] & Guézé [P.] 1961:13 [Publications de l'Institut de Recherche Scientifique de Madagascar.; ref. 19993] Pointe-des-Galets fish market, Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:416 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Fricke 1999:416 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:205 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell 1835. Labridae. Habitat: marine.