Species that contain: Thalassoma and lutescens [ 9 ] records

aneitensis, Julis Günther [A.] 1862:183 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Northeastern coast of Australia; Norfolk Island; New Hebrides. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.1041 (1) Norfolk Island, 1860.7.18.54 (1), 1861.5.31.55 (1, stuffed), 1862.1.6.2 (1, stuffed). •Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1415 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:344 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

cranei, Thalassoma Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:412 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Tenibuli, Ysabel Island, Solomon Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17347. Paratypes: CAS-SU 25167 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:87 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:83 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

duperrey, Julis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:268, Pl. 56 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5133 (2), 0000-9016 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:54 [ref. 19171]. As duperrei in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:421 [ref. 1007]. •Synonym of the younger Thalassoma lucasanum (Gill 1863) -- (Grove & Lavenberg 1997:498 [ref. 24023] [but see McCosker 1998:810 [ref. 24025]]). •Valid as Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960] as duperreyi, Parenti & Randall 2000:45 [ref. 24943], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454] as duperreyi, Mundy 2005:447 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:343 [ref. 30952], Kuiter 2010:196 [ref. 35285], Lobel et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37334]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Labridae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Hybridizes at Johnston Atoll with T. lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Habitat: marine.

lutescens, Julis Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] (ex Solander) 1839:65, Pl. 19 (fig. 2) [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Tahiti Island, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Lectotype: whereabouts unknown. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:434 [ref. 24106] as the specimen in the original description illustrated in Pl. 19 (fig. 2) and thereby restricts the type locality to Tahiti; originally Mauritius, Tahiti, Ryukyu Is. •Valid as Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Bussing 1987:98 [ref. 21800], Allen & Swainston 1988:120 [ref. 25477], Pequeño 1989:64 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Randall et al. 1990:338 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:287 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:206 [ref. 22193], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Randall 1995:291 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:194 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:302 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:338 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:202 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:443 [ref. 24106], Francis et al. 1999:577 [ref. 24249], Johnson 1999:745 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:23 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:991 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:370 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:991 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Randall 2003:1 [ref. 26963], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:440 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1414 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:344 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:175 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:194 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:722 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Fourriére et al. 2016:448 [ref. 34668], Koeda et al. 2016:78 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35354], Fowler et al. 2017:[4] 2252 [ref. 36358], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36871], Lobel et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37334], Dewa et al. 2022:24 [ref. 40001], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:16 [ref. 39607], Randall & Victor 2022:260 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Gulf of Aden, East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and southern Oman east to Hawaiian Islands (U. S. A.) and Easter Island (Chile), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), southern New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia), New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands, Tonga and Rapa (French Plynesia); eastern Pacific: Revillagigedo Archipelago (Mexico). Hybridizes at Johnston Atoll with T. duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Habitat: marine.

melanoptera, Julis Günther [A.] 1862:183 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Probably Sri Lanka. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1852.9.13.55 [ex Zool. Soc.] (1). •Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

neanis, Thalassoma Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan & Snyder 1907:214, Pl. 12 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 26 (no. 623) (for 1906); ref. 10656] Market in Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 57785. •Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

porphyrocephala, Julis Bennett [E. T.] 1833:183 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1832 (pt 2); ref. 16789] Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2018.5.9.1 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Fricke 1999:443 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:259 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

semilunatus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1804:205 [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 12515] Australia. No types known. Originally as semi-lunatus. •Questionably a synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1939 or Lacepède 1804) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). •Incertae sedis in Labrinae -- (Allen et al. 2006:1417 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

whitmii, Julis Günther [A.] 1909:291, Pl. 148 (fig. A) [Journal des Museum Godeffroy v. 6 (no. 16); ref. 14377] Raiatea, Society Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1874.11.19.54. •Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.