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Species in the genus Labroides: [ 15 ] records

asellinus, Labroides Richardson [J.] 1843:426 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 11 (no. 72) (art. 59); ref. 20903] Name only, not available -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:64 [ref. 24943]). Nomen Nudum. Labridae: Julidinae.

bicincta, Labroides Saville-Kent [W.] 1893:308, Color Pl. 16 (fig. 4) [The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities; ref. 13269] Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1398 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Synonym of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Labroides Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:224, Pl. 18 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Port Maricaban, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 89970. •Valid as Labroides bicolor Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:698 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:54 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:325 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Randall 1995:284 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:306 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:325 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:203 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:422 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:979 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:362 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:979 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], 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], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:347 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:420 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1397 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:87 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:227 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:169 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:358 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:694 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:287 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:233 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Randall & Victor 2022:221 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:759 [ref. 40796], Golani & Fricke 2026:152 [ref. 42831], Tea et al. 2026:429 [ref. 43076]). Current status: Valid as Labroides bicolor Fowler & Bean 1928. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Oman, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

caeruleolineatus, Labroides Fowler [H. W.] 1945:65, Fig. 7 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 97; ref. 13142] Saipan Island, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): ANSP 71593. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:117 [ref. 13621]. Originally as caeruleo-lineatus. •Synonym of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495]). Current status: Synonym of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

cousteaui, Labrichthys Roux-Estève [R.] in Roux-Estève & Fourmanoir 1955:199 [Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco (Nouvelle Série) v. 30 (art. 7); ref. 5324] Abu Latt Island, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, circa 19°58.0'N, 40°07,6'E. Holotype: MNHN 1952-0254. Paratypes: MNHN 1986-0561 [ex MNHN 1952-0254] (3). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:77 [ref. 19171] as cousteani. •Synonym of Larabicus quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:223 [ref. 39916], Golani & Fricke 2026:152 [ref. 42831]). •Synonym of Labroides quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Tea et al. 2026:415 [ref. 43076]). Current status: Synonym of Labroides quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

dimidiatus, Cossyphus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:136 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] El-Tor, Sinai coast, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: SMF 1453 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:31-32 [ref. 19171]. Based on Labrus latovittatus (non Lacepède 1801) of Rüppell, and on specimen(s) from Mauritius. •Valid as Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:206 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:698 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:325 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:132 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:286 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:294 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:285 [ref. 22896], Lee & Kim 1996:37 [ref. 25726], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:484 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:199 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:306 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:325 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:203 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:423 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:979 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:363 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:208 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Sakai et al. 2001:105 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3443 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:979 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:368, 636 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:153 [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], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:347 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:421 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:441 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1398 [ref. 29095] with a holotype, Fricke et al. 2009:87 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:227 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:169 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:358 [ref. 35285], Caratini & Soriano 2011:47 [ref. 39915], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:695 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2015:26 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:77 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:287 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:19 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:73 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:233 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:1033 [ref. 42393], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Sonoyama et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37637], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38121], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:245 [ref. 41223], Randall & Victor 2022:222 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:760 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:77 [ref. 41255], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947], Eagderi et al. 2026:125 [ref. 42824], Golani & Fricke 2026:152 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to central Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Merimbula (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

flammulatus, Labroides Tea [Y.-K.], Baraf [L.], Menkara [Y.], Ludt [W. B.], Allen [G. R.], Hobbs [J.-P. A.] & Cowman [P. F.] 2026:425, Figs. 4B, 24-28, 37D [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 74; ref. 43076] Ethel Beach, Christmas Island, 10°29'S, 105°40'E, depth 3 - 6 meters. Holotype: WAM P.26083-045. Paratypes: AMS, ANSP, WAM. •Valid as Labroides flammulatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman 2026. Current status: Valid as Labroides flammulatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman 2026. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Habitat: marine.

ikan, Callyodon Montrouzier [X.] 1857:469 [191] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] On p. 191 of reprint. Not available, manuscript name mentioned in passing in synonymy under Cossyphus dimidiatus; Woodlark I., South Pacific. •In the synonymy of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:64 [ref. 24943]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae.

inopinatus, Labroides Tea [Y.-K.], Baraf [L.], Menkara [Y.], Ludt [W. B.], Allen [G. R.], Hobbs [J.-P. A.] & Cowman [P. F.] 2026:433, Figs. 5H, 34, 35A-B, 35D-F, 36, 37G-H. [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 74; ref. 43076] Flora Reef, Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia, 16°44'08"S, 147°42'04"E, depth 142 meters. Holotype: AMS I.51733-001. Paratypes: AMS, KPM, LACM. •Valid as Labroides inopinatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman 2026. Current status: Valid as Labroides inopinatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman 2026. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Izu Oceanic Park, Sagami Bay, Japan, Holmes and Flora Reef, Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia, and Boulari Pass, New Caledonia; possibly the deep mesophotic reefs, Wakatobi, southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

paradiseus, Labroides Bleeker [P.] 1851:249 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. •Synonym of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1398 [ref. 29095]). Current status: Synonym of Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.

pectoralis, Labroides Randall [J. E.] & Springer [V. G.] 1975:6, Pl. 1 [Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyologists) No. 25; ref. 7465] Reef about 1 mile southeast of Auluptagel Island, Palau Islands, Philippine Sea, depth 6-10 feet. Holotype: BPBM 7245. Paratypes: AMS I.18466-001 (1); BMNH 1974.9.27.33-38 (6); BPBM 6543 (1), 9370 (2), 9895 (1), 15582 (1), 15838 (1), 18386 (1), 18851 (1); CAS 33600 (1); SMBL 74014 (1) [not seen at FAKU]; USNM 209880 (2). •Valid as Labroides pectoralis Randall & Springer 1975 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:206 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:326 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:326 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:204 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:980 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:363 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:980 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:421 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1398 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:359 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:695 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:135 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:233 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2024:760 [ref. 40796], Tea et al. 2026:422 [ref. 43076]). Current status: Valid as Labroides pectoralis Randall & Springer 1975. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lesser Sunda Islands, Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands east to Micronesia and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

phthirophagus, Labroides Randall [J. E.] 1958:337, Pl. 1 (fig. A) [Pacific Science v. 12 (no. 4); ref. 12105] 100 yards offshore from Waikiki branch of Hawaii Marine Laboratory, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 7 feet. Holotype: USNM 164466. Paratypes: BMNH 1955.12.12.1 (1), CAS-SU 48445 (2), USNM 164467-69 (1, 1, 1). •Valid as Labroides phthirophagus Randall 1958 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Thomson et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25640], Mundy 2005:442 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:339 [ref. 30952], Kuiter 2010:359 [ref. 35285], Tea et al. 2026:418 [ref. 43076]). Current status: Valid as Labroides phthirophagus Randall 1958. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

quadrilineatus, Labrus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:6, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Neotype: BMNH 1845.10.29.105. Former syntypes: SMF 1588 (4, missing). Neotype designated by Tea et al. 2026:415 [ref. 43076]. •Valid as Larabicus quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:54 [ref. 25356], Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Kuiter 2010:360 [ref. 35285], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:73 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:223 [ref. 39916], Chaikin & Belmaker 2026:38 [ref. 42733], Golani & Fricke 2026:152 [ref. 42831]). •Valid as Labroides quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Near et al. 2025:272 [ref. 42466], Tea et al. 2026:414 [ref. 43076]). Current status: Valid as Labroides quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835). Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic: Gulf of Aqaba to Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen). IUCN (2010): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.

rubrolabiatus, Labroides Randall [J. E.] 1958:342, Pl. 1 (fig. B) [Pacific Science v. 12 (no. 4); ref. 12105] Lagoon about 100 feet from shore, 1/4 mile east of entrance to Papetoai Bay, Moorea, Society Islands, depth 20 feet. Holotype: USNM 164603. Paratypes: BMNH 1956.8.14.1 (1), CAS-SU 48871 (1), USNM 164604 (1). •Valid as Labroides rubrolabiatus Randall 1958 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:206 [ref. 6441], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Parenti & Randall 2000:26 [ref. 24943], Nakabo 2000:980 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:980 [ref. 26193], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:422 [ref. 28239], Kuiter 2010:359 [ref. 35285], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Tea et al. 2026:420 [ref. 43076]). Current status: Valid as Labroides rubrolabiatus Randall 1958. Labridae: Julidinae. Distribution: Central and southwestern Pacific Ocean: Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, American Samoa, Samoa, Niue, Cook Islands, French Polynesia; Wake Atoll and Marcus Island in the northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

taeniatus, Cossyphus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:134 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMB 2471 (2). •Synonym of Larabicus quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Dor 1984:205 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:29 [ref. 24943], Golani & Fricke 2018:127 [ref. 36273], Randall & Victor 2022:223 [ref. 39916], Golani & Fricke 2026:152 [ref. 42831]). •Synonym of Labroides quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Tea et al. 2026:415 [ref. 43076]). Current status: Synonym of Labroides quadrilineatus (Rüppell 1835). Labridae: Julidinae. Habitat: marine.