Species that contain: Iniistius and niger [ 2 ] records

nigra, Novacula (Iniistius) Steindachner [F.] 1900:176 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 37 (no. 16) (for 21 June 1900); ref. 20498] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): UMB 160 [RK UMB 4635]. Type catalog: Wahlert 1955:325 [ref. 21527]. Species later illustrated and described in detail in Steindachner 1900:505 Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [ref. 14892]; on p. 23 of separate. •Valid as Xyrichtys niger (Steindachner 1900) -- (Dor 1984:211 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:56 [ref. 25356], Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:1011 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1011 [ref. 26193]). •Synonym of Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall & Earle 2002:396 [ref. 26445], Randall 2005:419 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:440 [ref. 28379], Mundy 2005:441 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:352 [ref. 30952], Parenti & Randall 2011:35 [ref. 31299], Golani & Fricke 2018:126 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

verater, Iniistius Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:55, Fig. 12 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 14757] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: CAS-SU 5990 (1 of 2, figured specimen). Paratypes: CAS-SU 5990 (1 of 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:85 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Xyrichtys niger (Steindachner 1900) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:49 [ref. 24943]). •Synonym of Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall & Earle 2002:396 [ref. 26445], Mundy 2005:441 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:352 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Habitat: marine.