Species that contain: Xiphocheilus and quadrimaculatus [ 2 ] records

quadrimaculatus, Xiphochilus Günther [A.] 1880:45, Pl. 20 (fig. C) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Arafura Sea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.34. Original genus should have been Xiphocheilus. •Valid as Xiphocheilus quadrimaculatus Günther 1880 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943], but Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker 1856 placed in synonymy). •Wrongly valid as Xiphocheilus quadrimaculatus Bleeker 1856 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830] as 1856). •Synonym of Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker 1856 -- (Allen et al. 2006:1417 [ref. 29095], Allen & Erdmann 2012:726 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:380 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Choerodon typus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Gomon 2017:62 [ref. 35547]). Current status: Synonym of Choerodon typus (Bleeker 1856). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

typus, Xiphocheilos Bleeker [P.] 1856:224 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 354] Nias Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique) (?): BMNH 1864.5.15.35. Genus spelled Xiphocheilus, species heading with genus as Xiphocheilos; first reviser not researched. Kottelat (2013) cites as freshwater record from the Philippines. •Synonym of the later Xiphocheilus quadrimaculatus (Günther 1880) without explanation -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:48 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker 1856 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:242 [ref. 19754], Allen & Swainston 1988:120 [ref. 25477], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:486 [ref. 27969], Gomon 1997:828 [ref. 23083], Allen 1997:194 [ref. 23977], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:630 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3465 [ref. 26277] dated 1856, Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1417 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:66 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:40 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:726 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:168 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:177 [ref. 34464], Mishra & Saren 2016:93 [ref. 34779], Motomura et al. 2017:185 [ref. 35490], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:236 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:528 [ref. 37272]). •Valid as Choerodon typus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Gomon 2017:9, 62 [ref. 35547], Jamandre 2023:171 [ref. 40455], Nashad et al. 2023:125 [ref. 39975], Vilasri et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Choerodon typus (Bleeker 1856). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Myanmar east to Philippines, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.