Species that contain: Thalassoma and bifasciatum [ 9 ] records

bifasciatus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:131, Pl. 283 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] East India [actually western Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2580. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:88 [ref. 24282]. On p. 105 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 8 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:205 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:156 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:348 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:429 [ref. 24474], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:295 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Rocha et al. 2001:105 [ref. 25301], Collette et al. 2003:116 [ref. 26784], Westneat 2003:1717 [ref. 27105], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Costagliola et al. 2003:379 [ref. 27455], Smith et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:523 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:93 [ref. 37265], Kuiter 2010:201 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:65 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Angulo 2021:10 [ref. 38913], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Page et al. 2023:175 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

detersor, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:408 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] San Domingo and Martinique Island, West Indies. Syntypes: MNHN A-7609 (2) Martinique, A-9181 (1) San Domingo. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:53 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

gillianus, Julis Poey [F.] 1860:214 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. No types known. •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

nitida, Julis Günther [A.] 1862:190 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Jamaica. Syntypes: BMNH 1848.1.12.1493-1494 (2), 2009.2.11.1 (1, stuffed/mounted LHS). •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

nitidissima, Julis Goode [G. B.] 1877:293 [American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 3) v. 14 (no. 82) (art. 50); ref. 13360] Bermuda. Holotype (unique): USNM 21960. •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:295 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

ornatus, Labrus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:83 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Antilles and American Ocean. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Labrus ornatus Carmichael 1819. •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

subfurcatus, Bermudichthys Nichols [J. T.] 1920:62 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 33; ref. 3173] Bermuda. Holotype: AMNH 7314. Paratypes: (1). •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:295 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

torquatus, Labrus Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:245 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Antilles. No types known. •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

torquatus, Labrus bifasciatus var. Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:243 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Antilles. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Labrus torquatus Walbaum 1792. •Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Habitat: marine.