Species that contain: Stethojulis and maculata [ 1 ] records

maculatus, Stethojulis Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:81, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Transactions of the Pacific Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. v. 1; ref. 3937] Kominato, Amami-Oshimo Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZIN 23313. Appeared as name only in Schmidt 1930:515 [ref. 18734]. •Valid as Stethojulis maculata Schmidt 1931 -- (Randall & Kay 1974:103 [ref. 22741], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom & Burridge 1987 [ref. 12484], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Randall 2000:19 [ref. 24432], Parenti & Randall 2000:39 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:984 [ref. 25182], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277] dated 1930, Nakabo 2002:984 [ref. 26193], Kuiter 2010:352 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:40 [ref. 31299], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932]). Current status: Valid as Stethojulis maculata Schmidt 1931. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan; Palawan (Philippines); Fiji. Habitat: marine.