Species that contain: Thalassoma and dorsalis [ 1 ] records

dorsalis, Julis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1834:713, Pl. 15 (fig. 5) [Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe" Zoologie, v. 3 (Pt 2); ref. 3573] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN A-1878 (1), A-1879 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:53-54 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett 1830) -- (Fricke 1999:435 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:45 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:258 [ref. 39916] as dorsale). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett 1830). Labridae. Habitat: marine.