Species that contain: Halichoeres and zeylonicus [ 4 ] records

bimaculatus, Halichoeres Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:17, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 1164. •Valid as Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Dor 1984:202 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356]). •Probably a synonym of Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833) -- (Randall et al. 1990:322 [ref. 15987]). •Synonym of Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall & Lobel 2003:124 [ref. 26689], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:211 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

girardi, Julis (Julis) Bleeker [P.] 1858:168 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 17 (no. 1); ref. 16982] Boleling, Bali, Indonesia. Holotype (unique) (?): BMNH 1864.5.15.13. •Probably a synonym of Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833) or H. hartzfeldii (Bleeker 1852) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:62 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

hartzfeldii, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1852:563 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 16834] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6604. Bleeker specimens: AMS B.8035 [from Day] (1), BMNH 1862.2.28.45 (1), NMV 46184 (1). Possibly a subspecies of Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833) -- (Randall et al. 1990:322 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:283 [ref. 22896]). •Valid as Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker 1852) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:209 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 1993:280 [ref. 23929] as hartzfeldi, Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977] as hartzfeldi, Kuiter 1997:286 [ref. 25488] as hartzfeldi, Randall et al. 1997:322 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:197 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:21 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:992 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:200 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:992 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830] as hartzfeldi, Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:149 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:411 [ref. 28239], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1390 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:255 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:671 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:131 [ref. 33932], Victor 2016:24 [ref. 34530], To & Shea 2016:1 [ref. 34792], Motomura et al. 2017:183 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:228 [ref. 36673], Mochizuki et al. 2022:70 [ref. 39927]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker 1852). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

zeylonicus, Julis Bennett [E. T.] 1833:183 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1832 (pt 2); ref. 16789] Sri Lanka. No types known. •Valid as Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757], Randall et al. 1990:322 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:283 [ref. 22896], Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:361 [ref. 25191], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Randall & Lobel 2003:124 [ref. 26689], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:411 [ref. 28239], Kuiter 2010:253 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:686 [ref. 31980], Victor 2016:16 [ref. 34530], To & Shea 2016:2 [ref. 34792], Fricke et al. 2018:285 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:73 [ref. 37020], Pradhan et al. 2019:247 [ref. 36919], Randall & Victor 2022:211 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to western Indonesia. IUCN (2010): Least concern. Habitat: marine.