Species that contain: Macropharyngodon and meleagris [ 4 ] records

meleagris, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:481 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Uléa , Caroline Islands, western Pacific. No types preserved. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:73 [ref. 19171]. Based on a drawing by Mertens (Franz Karl Mertens, 1764-1831, German botanist). •Valid as Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:328 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:283 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:292 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:328 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:22 [ref. 25829], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:986 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:364 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3446 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:986 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:442 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1400 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:169 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:278 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:700 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Fricke et al. 2014:140 [ref. 33932], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Fricke et al. 2019:234 [ref. 36673], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands and Indonesia east to Line and Tuamotu Islands, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia, Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

nigromaculatus, Platyglossus Günther [A.] 1872:666, Pl. 65 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 21 Nov. 1871); ref. 1997] Savai'i Island, Samoa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.9.13.240. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

nigropunctatus, Halichoeres Seale [A.] 1901:89 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Agaña, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 142. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pardalis, Leptojulis Kner [R.] 1867:727 [19], Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 56; ref. 2645] Fiji Islands [Viti-Inseln]. Holotype (unique) (?): ZMH H462 [ex MGH 3776]. Type catalog: Ladiges 1958:171 [ref. 19182], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:409 [ref. 21161]. •Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3446 [ref. 26277], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.