Species that contain: Wetmorella and nigropinnata [ 5 ] records

bifasciata, Wetmorella philippina Schultz [L. P.] & Marshall [N. B.] 1954:441, Pl. 12 (figs. A-B); Fig. 53 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 103 (no. 3327); ref. 10168] Suakin, Red Sea State, Sudan, Red Sea, depth 3 feet. Holotype: BMNH 1951.9.18.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1951.9.18.2 (1). •Synonym of Wetmorella philippina Fowler & Bean 1928, but a valid subspecies -- (Dor 1984:210 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Golani & Fricke 2018:130 [ref. 36273]). •Valid as Wetmorella bifasciata Schultz & Marshall 1954 -- (Randall & Victor 2022:264 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Wetmorella bifasciata Schultz & Marshall 1954. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

nigropinnatus, Cheilinus Seale [A.] 1901:86 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: BPBM 134. Paratypes: ANSP 91668 (1), BPBM 132 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:117 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901) -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:57 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:340 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:278 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:340 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:194 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:447 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:23 [ref. 25829], Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1007 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3463 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1007 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:442 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1416 [ref. 29095], Randall & Kuiter 2007:5 [ref. 29398], Satapoomin 2009:232 [ref. 30463], Kuiter 2010:168 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:725 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:139 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988] dated 1900, Koeda et al. 2016:79 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:295 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:130 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901). Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, Marquesas Islands and Oeno (Pitcairn Group), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

ocellata, Wetmorella Schultz [L. P.] & Marshall [N. B.] 1954:444, Pl. 12 (figs. D-E) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 103 (no. 3327); ref. 10168] Lagoon coral head, northern end of Kieshiechi Island, Rongelap Atoll, depth 20 feet. Holotype: USNM 112368. Paratypes: USNM 112369-73 (1, 6, 1, 2, 1), 202546 [ex UW 10028] (1). •Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901) -- (Randall et al. 1990:340 [ref. 15987], Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:442 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

philippina, Wetmorella Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:211, Pl. 17 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Little Santa Cruz, Zamboanga, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89968. Paratypes: USNM 93503 (1), 93505 (1), ?93528 (1). Additional material (4). •Valid as Wetmorella philippina Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Dor 1984:210 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:212 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901) -- (Randall et al. 1990:340 [ref. 15987], Westneat 2001:3463 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1416 [ref. 29095]). •Synonym (in part) of Wetmorella albofasciata Schultz & Marshall 1954 and Wetmorella nigripinnata (Seale 1901) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:442 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

triocellata, Wetmorella Schultz [L. P.] & Marshall [N. B.] 1954:447, Fig. 54 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 103 (no. 3327); ref. 10168] Rapurapu Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 93529. •Valid as Wetmorella triocellata Schultz & Marshall 1954 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830]). •Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901) -- (Randall et al. 1990:340 [ref. 15987], Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:442 [ref. 28239], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299]). Current status: Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901). Labridae. Habitat: marine.