Species that contain: Halichoeres and trimaculata [ 1 ] records

trimaculata, Julis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1834:705, Pl. 20 (fig. 2) [Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe" Zoologie, v. 3 (Pt 2); ref. 3573] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN A-9126 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:70-71 [ref. 19171]. Also appeared in Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 45 (fig. 2) (opp. p. 254) [ref. 1908]. As Julis trimaculatus in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:452 [ref. 1007]; not Julis trimaculata of Valenciennes p. 386. •Valid as Hemitautoga trimaculata (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) -- (Kuiter 2010:301 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:208 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:321 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:136 [ref. 26476] dated 1830, Kuiter 1997:288 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:321 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:199 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:992 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:360 [ref. 25191], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:992 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495] dated 1824, Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576] dated 1824, Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:415 [ref. 28239], Barber & Bellwood 2005:250 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1394 [ref. 29095] dated to Cuvier 1834, Motomura et al. 2010:167 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:685 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:134 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:76 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:231 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands east to Line Islands and Tuamotu islands, north to Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.