Species that contain: Hologymnosus and annulatus [ 5 ] records

annulatus, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:501, Pl. 388 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Mauritius; Seychelles. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Hologymnosus by Labrus annulatus Lacepède 1801. •Synonym of Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

annulatus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:455, 526, Pl. 28 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN B-2137 (2, dry) Mauritius, 1987-0943 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:46-47, 79-80 [ref. 19171]. Based on description and illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Valid as Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:210 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:71 [ref. 13818], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:323 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:302 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:483 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:323 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:420 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1001 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3440 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1001 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:265 [ref. 28072], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:346 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:417 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1395 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:86 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:167 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:330 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:687 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:134 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:286 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:126 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:214 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801). 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 Pitcairn, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

elongata, Coris Günther [A.] 1862:201 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Aneiteum Island, Vanuatu. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1861.5.31.53 (dried skin), BMNH 2018.7.15.1 (1). •Synonym of Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

semidiscus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:429, 473, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Grand golfe de l'Inde [Indian Ocean]. Syntypes: MNHN B-2137 (?2, dry) Mauritius, 1987-0943 [ex MNHN B-2137] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:47, 91 [ref. 19171]. Based on description and illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Valid as Hologymnosus semidiscus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Kuiter 2010:331 [ref. 35285]). •Synonym of Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Randall et al. 1990:323 [ref. 15987], Fricke 1999:420 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3440 [ref. 26277], Randall 2005:417 [ref. 28239], Golani & Fricke 2018:126 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:214 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

semipartita, Coris Günther [A.] 1862:203 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Mauritius [with ?]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1856.2.15.6 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Synonym of Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Fricke 1999:420 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:214 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède 1801). Labridae. Habitat: marine.