Species that contain: Halichoeres and nigrescens [ 16 ] records

amabilis, Platyglossus De Vis [C. W.] 1885:885 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 1091] Murray Island, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.88. •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1393 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

baccatus, Labrus Marion de Procé [P.-M.] 1822:132 [Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris [Sér. 3] [v. 9] (for 1822); ref. 17601] Manila Bay, Philippines. No types known. •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

dayi, Platyglossus Steindachner [F.] 1870:567 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 60 (1. Abth.) (no. 3); ref. 18770] Singapore. Holotype (unique): not yet found at NMW. •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

dianthus, Halichoeres Smith [J. L. B.] 1947:802 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77); ref. 4073] Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 288. •Synonym of Halichoeres dussumieri (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Randall 1986:694 [ref. 5706], Randall & Victor 2022:202 [ref. 39916]). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

dubius, Platyglossus (Leptojulis) Steindachner [F.] 1864:37 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 1 (no. 5); ref. 21705] Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): NMW 28161. Species first described in above abstract, later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1864:210 [p. 11 of separate] Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [ref. 13937], subgenus misspelled Leplojulis in this reference. •Synonym of Halichoeres dussumieri (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Randall & Victor 2022:202 [ref. 39916]). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

dussumieri, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:478, Pl. 387 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-9111 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:54 [ref. 19171]. •Valid as Hemiulis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Kuiter 2010:266 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres dussumieri (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Randall 1986:694 [ref. 5706], Randall 1995:278 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:365 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:198 [ref. 23922], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Randall & Victor 2022:202 [ref. 39916]). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1393 [ref. 29095], Randall & Allen 2010:281 [ref. 30980]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

exornatus, Julis Richardson [J.] 1846:258 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Hong Kong; Canton, China. Syntypes: BMNH 1851.12.27.163-164 (4). Type information: Whitehead 1970:216 [ref. 11606]. •Valid as Hemiulis exornata (Richardson 1846) -- (Kuiter 2010:265 [ref. 35285]). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943], Randall & Allen 2010:283 [ref. 30980]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

immaculatus, Platyglossus Macleay [W.] 1878:362, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 4); ref. 17573] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16369-001 [ex MAMU F935] (1). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:208 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Halichoeres dussumieri (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:365 [ref. 23967]). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1393 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

javanicus, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1857:341 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 16868] Karangbollong [Karang-Bollong Bay, on northeastern tip of Nusa Kambangan Island, 4.5 kilometers southeast to Cilacap, Jawa Tengah Province, Java, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean, ca. 7°45'34''S, 109°02'32''E]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6581. •Valid as Hemiulis javanica (Bleeker 1857) -- (Kuiter 2010:265 [ref. 35285] dated 1862). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Khan 1998:230 [ref. 24980], Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943], Randall & Allen 2010:282 [ref. 30980]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

kneri, Halichoeres Bleeker [P.] 1862:307 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 13; ref. 16995] Karangbollong, Java; Singapore; Bangka; Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: (16): BMNH 1862.2.28.127 (1), ?NMV 46185 (1). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943], Parenti & Randall 2011:34 [ref. 31299], Parenti & Randall 2018:23 [ref. 35964]). •Valid as Hemiulis kneri (Bleeker 1862) -- (Kuiter 2010:264 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres kneri Bleeker 1862 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:674 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres kneri Bleeker 1862. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malay Peninsula to western Indonesia north to the Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and Japan. Habitat: marine.

leucostigma, Halichoeres Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:299, Pl. 40 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Pujada Bay, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 89974. •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Platyglossus Jatzow [R.] & Lenz [H.] 1898:520, Pl. 36 (fig. 16) [Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft v. 21; ref. 14685] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: SMF (2, not found). •Synonym of Halichoeres dussumieri (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Randall & Victor 2022:202 [ref. 39916]). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

mola, Labrus Cuvier [G.] 1829:258 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality [India]. Available from footnote as, "L. mola, Nob., Russel, II, 120." •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

nigrescens, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:263 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. No types known. •Regarded as unidentifiable -- (Randall 1995:278 [ref. 22896], Randall & Victor 2022:202 [ref. 39916]). •Valid as Hemiulis nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kuiter 2010:266 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1997:520 [ref. 25919], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:207 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1393 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:225 [ref. 30463], Randall & Allen 2010:286 [ref. 30980], Allen & Erdmann 2012:679 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:166 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:132 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:299 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:284 [ref. 35805], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:232 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:72 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and Persian Gulf east to Indonesia, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

ransonneti, Platyglossus Steindachner [F.] 1870:567 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 60 (1. Abth.) (no. 3); ref. 18770] Singapore. Holotype (unique): NMW 28226. •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

roseus, Platyglossus Day [F.] 1888:264 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888 (pt 3) (art. 4) (for 1 May 1888); ref. 14480] Karachi, Pakistan. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: BMNH 1889.2.1.3968 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. •Synonym of Halichoeres dussumieri (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Randall & Victor 2022:202 [ref. 39916]). •Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:23 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.