Species that contain: Halichoeres and scapularis [ 9 ] records

alternans, Platyglossus Cartier [O.] 1874:104 [Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-medizinischen Gesellschaft zu Würzburg, N. S. v. 5; ref. 17974] Cebu and Panglao, Philippines. Syntypes: (2) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

coeruleovittatus, Halichoeres Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:14, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1166. Paralectotypes: SMF 2719 (1, dry), 5033 (1). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757] as caeruleovittatus, Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943] as caeruleovittatus, Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:208 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

cymatogrammus, Halichoeres Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:786, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1407); ref. 2495] Southern Negros, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 51947. •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

elegans, Julis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:467 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2122. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:76-77 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

leschenaulti, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:453 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Mauritius; Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2358 (2) Réunion, A-2834 (3) Mauritius. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:59 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Fricke 1999:418 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:208 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pagenstecheri, Platyglossus (Guentheria) Kossmann [R.] & Räuber [H.] 1877:407, Pl. 3 (fig. 5) [Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg. v. 1; ref. 18432] Red Sea. Syntypes: (2). Also appeared in Kossmann & Räuber 1877:25, Pisces Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [ref. 14246]. •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757] as pagenstacheri, Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:208 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

phaiotaenia, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1855:322 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 348] Batu Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1862.2.28.84 (1). •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

scapularis, Julis Bennett [E. T.] 1832:167 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.86. •Valid as Hemitautoga scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Kuiter 2010:300 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:208 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:696 [ref. 5706], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:321 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:281 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:482 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:286 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:321 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:199 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:418 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:992 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277] dated 1831, Nakabo 2002:992 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830] dated 1831, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:152 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Barber & Bellwood 2005:250 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1393 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:225 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:167 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:683 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33932], Victor 2016:17 [ref. 34530], Fricke et al. 2018:284 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:171 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:231 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:208 [ref. 39916], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

ziczac, Pseudojulis De Vis [C. W.] 1885:882 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 1091] Murray Island, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.78. Misspelled zigzag in Zoological Record. •Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1393 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett 1832). Labridae. Habitat: marine.