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Species in the genus Hemigymnus: [ 25 ] records

beraber, Julis Montrouzier [X.] 1857:474 [196] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Woodlark Island, South Pacific. No types known. On p. 196 of reprint. •Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:6 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Labrichthys Day [F.] 1871:696 [20] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 3); ref. 1078] Andaman Islands. Holotype (unique): ?ZSI F1654. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. On p. 20 of separate. •Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:9 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

bilateralis, Thalassoma von Bonde [C.] 1934:454, Pl. 23 (fig. 7) [Annals of the Natal Museum v. 7 (pt 3); ref. 16466] Zanzibar fish market, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall & Victor 2022:212 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

boryii, Julis Lesson [R. P.] 1830:(141), Poissons Pl. 36 [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Bay of Matavai, Tahiti. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:71 [ref. 19171]. Dates to plate which appeared on 3 Apr. 1830: description dated to 13 Oct. 1831 (Cretella 2010 [ref. 34236]). •Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:6 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

dimidiatus, Tautoga Bleeker [P.] 1849:18 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [3]; ref. 317] No locality. Apparently no distinguishing features provided (but not translated). •Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1792:6, Pl. 290 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8583 (right skin). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:89 [ref. 24282]. On p. 6 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Dor 1984:203 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:696 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:322 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:272 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:283 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:280 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:322 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:199 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:419 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:979 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:361 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3438 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:979 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:152 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:416 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1394 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:86 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:226 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:167 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:356 [ref. 35285], Caratini & Soriano 2011:48 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:686 [ref. 31980], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32519], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:134 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:76 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:285 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:168 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:231 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:1024 [ref. 42393], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:526 [ref. 37272], Randall & Victor 2022:212 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:750 [ref. 40796], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Mullus Thunberg [C. P.] 1795:351, Pl. 3 [Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia; ref. 20238] Japan. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Mullus fasciatus White 1790, replaced by Sparus meaco Lacepède 1802. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Allen et al. 2006:1394 [ref. 29095]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

fuliginosus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:437, 493, Pl. 22 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Madagascar. Holotype (unique): Not preserved. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:83 [ref. 19171] with MNHN B-2130 as holotype. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32519], Randall & Victor 2022:212 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

leucomos, Tautoga Bleeker [P.] 1858:239 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 363] Western Belitung Island, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1864.5.15.14 (1). •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

magnilabris, Cheilolabrus Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:345, Pl. 16 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Erub [= Darnley] Island, 9°35'S, 143°46'E, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.16370-001 [ex MAMU F1154] (4). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:208 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1394 [ref. 29095], Randall 2013:9 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

malacopterus, Labrus Forster [J. R.] 1795:15 [Zoologia Indica, sistens descriptiones animalium selectorum; ref. 18091] India. Name only, no description. Based on Labrus malapterus Bloch 1792. •Unidentifiable species -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:62 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Uncertain. Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

malapteronotus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:450, 518, Pl. 31 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: MNHN B-2130 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:83 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32519], Randall & Victor 2022:212 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

malapterus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1792:29, Pl. 296 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] On p. 26 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. A misspelling of Labrus melapterus Bloch 1791. •In the synonymy of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:6 [ref. 32519]). Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae.

meaco, Sparus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:54, 160 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:95 [ref. 19171] as meacao, Bauchot & Daget 1972:89 [ref. 20898]. New name for Mullus fasciatus Thunberg. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

melampterus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:247 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Java, Indonesia. Apparently a misspelling of Labrus melapterus Bloch 1791. •In the synonymy of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:6 [ref. 32519]). Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae.

melanopterus, Labrus Forster [J. R.] 1795:15 [Zoologia Indica, sistens descriptiones animalium selectorum; ref. 18091] India. Name only, not available. Based on Labrus melapterus Bloch 1791. •Questionably a synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae.

melanopterus, Sparus Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1804:no page number, Pl. 652 [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Unneeded new name or emendation for Labrus melapterus Bloch. •Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

melapterus, Labrus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:137, Pl. 285 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] Japan. Syntypes: ZMB 8578 (1, dry, missing). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:90 [ref. 24282]. On p. 111 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 8 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:206 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:696 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:323 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:272 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:483 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:280 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:323 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:199 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:420 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:979 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:361 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3439 [ref. 26277] dated 1792, Nakabo 2002:979 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:152 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:416 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1394 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:86 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:167 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:355 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:687 [ref. 31980], Randall 2013:6 [ref. 32519], Larson et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:134 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:76 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:286 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:125 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:231 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:1025 [ref. 42393], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223], Randall & Victor 2022:213 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:751 [ref. 40796], Golani & Fricke 2026:151 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Tonga. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

mertensii, Tautoga Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:308 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Caroline Islands. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:109 [ref. 19171]. Based on a Mertens drawing. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

niger, Sparus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:50, 152 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Japan. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:90 [ref. 20898]. New name for Labrus melapterus Bloch 1792. See Sparus niger Turton 1802; earliest not researched. •Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:6 [ref. 32519]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch 1791). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

quinquefasciatus, Scarus Bennett [J. W.] 1830:unnum. p., Pl. 23 [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. Spelled quinque-fasciatus originally. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:44 [ref. 21456], Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943], Randall 2013:10 [ref. 32519], Randall & Victor 2022:212 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

sexfasciatus, Halichoeres Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:18, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Holotype (unique): SMF 370. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Hemigymnus sexfasciatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Kuiter 2010:356 [ref. 35285], Randall 2013:12 [ref. 32519], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Parenti & Randall 2018:17 [ref. 35964], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:126 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:213 [ref. 39916], Chaikin & Belmaker 2026:38 [ref. 42733], Golani & Fricke 2026:151 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Hemigymnus sexfasciatus (Rüppell 1835). Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen). IUCN (2010): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.

zonatus, Sparus Shaw [G.] 1803:452 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Japan. Unneeded new name combination for Labrus fasciatus Bloch 1792. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

zonephorus, Sparus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:51, 155 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:96 [ref. 19171], Bauchot & Daget 1972:91 [ref. 20898]. Unneeded new name for Labrus fasciatus Bloch 1791. •Synonym of Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch 1791) -- (authors). •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

zonephorus, Sparus Kittlitz [F. H.] 1858:160 [Denkwürdigkeiten einer Reise nach dem russischen Amerika, nach Mikronesien und durch Kamschatka; ref. 18421] Uléa [Woleai Atoll, Yap Group, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, western Pacific, ca. 7°22'N, 143°54'E]. No types preserved. No description, name only. Preoccupied by Sparus zonephorus Lacepède 1802, so possibly not an original description. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792). Labridae: Julidinae.