Species that contain: Thalassoma and purpureum [ 13 ] records

aeruginosus, Julis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:441 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN A-9185 (1), 595 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:47 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Fricke 1999:446 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:260 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

berendti, Thalassoma Seale [A.] 1901:15, Fig. 7 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 14358] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): BPBM 681. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

cyanogaster, Julis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Solander) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:444 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Tahiti, Society Islands. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

erythrogaster, Julis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Solander) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:447 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific; Uléa, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:73 [ref. 19171]. Based on a manuscript name by Solander (Daniel Carlsson Solander, 1733-1782, Swedish explorer and botanist), and on a drawing from Ulea by Mertens (Franz Karl Mertens, 1764-1831, German botanist). •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

georgii, Scarus Bennett [J. W.] 1830:unnum. p., Pl. 24 [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka. No types known. As Scarus georgii quarti in 1841 edition [ref. 21457]. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:43-44 [ref. 21456], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

georgiiquarti, Scarus Bennett [J. W.] 1841:Unnum. p., Pl. 24 [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon Third Edition; ref. 21457] South coast of Sri Lanka. No types known. As georgii quarti; same as Scarus georgii Bennett 1830:Pl. 24 of First Edition; objective synonym of Scarus georgii Bennett 1830. •Objective synonym of Scarus georgii Bennett 1830. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:44-45 [ref. 21456], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:260 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

immanis, Thalassoma Fowler [H. W.] 1900:488, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 51 (for 1899); ref. 13303] Caroline Island [wrongly given as Caroline Islands], Southern Line Islands, Kiribati. Syntypes: ANSP 23288-90 (3, mounted skins) missing. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:117 [ref. 13621]. Type locality corrected in Fowler 1901:324 [ref. 21248]. Spelled immanis on p. 488, immanus in figure caption. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Julis Seale [A.] 1901:91 [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 148. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

purpuratus, Scarus Shaw [G.] 1803:397 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Arabian Seas. No types known. Unneeded new name for or unjustified emendation of Scarus purpureus Forsskål 1775. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

purpureus, Scarus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:27, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Non type (Rüppell) material: SMF 12 (1). Authorship according to Fricke 2008:49 [ref. 30182]. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:445 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:209 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:120 [ref. 25477], Pequeño 1989:64 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:56 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:338 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:288 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Randall & Mee 1994:306 [ref. 21641], Allen & Robertson 1994:207 [ref. 22193], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Lee & Kim 1996:37 [ref. 25726], Allen 1997:194 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:829 [ref. 41086], Kuiter 1997:304 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:338 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:202 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:444 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:23 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:990 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Victor et al. 2001:282 [ref. 25613], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Baldwin & McCosker 2001:92 [ref. 25779], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:990 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:368, 638 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:354 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:441 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1415 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:345 [ref. 30952], Fricke 2008:49 [ref. 30182], Béarez & Séret 2009:150 [ref. 36646], Fricke et al. 2009:89 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:175 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:189 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:723 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:139 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Koeda et al. 2016:79 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:294 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:130 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:20 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:239 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:260 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) and Easter Island (Chile), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), northern New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Kermadec Islands; eastern Pacific: Clipperton Island (France). Habitat: marine.

quadricolor, Julis Lesson [R. P.] 1828:400 [Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle Paris (sér. 2) v. 4; ref. 2775] Tahiti, Matavai and Borabora. Syntypes: MNHN A-1872 (1) Tahiti. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:65 [ref. 19171] as holotype. •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae.

semicoeruleus, Julis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:10, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1148. Paralectotypes: SMF 2708 (1), ?2720 (1), 2741 (1), 20387 (1). •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:209 [ref. 29757] as semicaeruleus, Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:260 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

umbrostygma, Julis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:11, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Al Muwaylih, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 1484 (1), 2718 (1). Spelled umbrostigma by authors, but the original spelling is acceptable and need not be emended. •Valid as Thalassoma umbrostigma (Rüppell 1835) -- (Pequeño 1989:64 [ref. 14125]). •Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:209 [ref. 29757], Randall & Edwards 1985:23 [ref. 17448], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Randall et al. 1990:338 [ref. 15987], Parenti & Randall 2000:46 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:345 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2018:294 [ref. 35805], Randall & Victor 2022:260 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål 1775). Labridae. Habitat: marine.