Species that contain: Iridio and radiatus [ 3 ] records

brasiliensis, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:125, Pl. 280 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] Brazil. Holotype (unique): ZMB 33028 (stuffed). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:88-89 [ref. 24282]. On p. 100 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 8 [ref. 21381]. •Synonym of Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Iridio brasiliensis (Bloch 1791) -- (Kuiter 2010:215 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch 1791) -- (Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:161 [ref. 25881], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Luiz et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30311], Rocha et al. 2010:28 [ref. 30767], Parenti & Randall 2011:34 [ref. 31299], Pinheiro et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34324], Wainwright et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35725], Spier et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36103], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:461 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:208 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Maranhão south to Santa Catarina (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: marine.

elegans, Iridio Bean [T. H.] 1906:30, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 19; ref. 15640] Castle Harbor at Nonsuch Island and Cooper's Island, Bermuda. Lectotype: FMNH 5129. Paralectotypes: FMNH 5130-31 (1, 2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:49 [ref. 12367]. Lectotype selected by Grey 1947:160 [ref. 12302]. •Synonym of Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:294 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Rocha & Rosa 2001:164 [ref. 25881]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

radiatus, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:288 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Bahamas. No types preserved. Based on the 'Turdus oculo-radiato' of Catesby 1743: 12, pl. 12 (fig. 1) [ref. 774]. •Valid as Iridio radiatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kuiter 2010:214 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:205 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:155 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:346 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:419 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:294 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:24 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:161 [ref. 25881], Collette et al. 2003:116 [ref. 26784], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943], Westneat 2003:1715 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:521 [ref. 28815], Barber & Bellwood 2005:250 [ref. 35318], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Luiz et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30311], Rocha et al. 2010:28 [ref. 30767], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:63 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Wainwright et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35725], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:208 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to northeastern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Saint Paul’s Rocks, Fernando de Noronha and Rocas Archipelago (Brazil). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.