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Species in the genus Wetmorella: [ 7 ] records

albofasciata, Wetmorella Schultz [L. P.] & Marshall [N. B.] 1954:446, Pl. 12 (fig. E) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 103 (no. 3327); ref. 10168] Mabul Island, off southeastern Sabah, Malaysia. Holotype (unique): USNM 93504. •Valid as Wetmorella albofasciata Schultz & Marshall 1954 -- (Randall et al. 1990:340 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:278 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:340 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:194 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:442 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:449 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1416 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:330 [ref. 30952], Kuiter 2010:169 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:724 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:139 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:295 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:240 [ref. 36673], Randall & Victor 2022:263 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:794 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Wetmorella albofasciata Schultz & Marshall 1954. Labridae: Cheilininae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Agalega Islands and Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Philippines, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

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: Cheilininae. 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], Allen & Erdmann 2024:794 [ref. 40796], Golani & Fricke 2026:158 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901). Labridae: Cheilininae. 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. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. 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: Cheilininae. 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 (in part) of Wetmorella albofasciata Schultz & Marshall 1954 and Wetmorella nigripinnata (Seale 1901) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:47 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:442 [ref. 28239]). •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], Golani & Fricke 2026:158 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Synonym of Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale 1901). Labridae: Cheilininae. Habitat: marine.

tanakai, Wetmorella Randall [J. E.] & Kuiter [R. H.] 2007:2, Figs. 1-2 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 29398] Off Pertamina oil storage site, Bay of Maumere, Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, 8°37'46"S, 122°16'35"E, depth 21.3 meters. Holotype: BPBM 32214. Paratypes: (2) BPBM 40509 (1); USNM 389588 (1). •Valid as Wetmorella tanakai Randall & Kuiter 2007 -- (Kuiter 2010:169 [ref. 35285], Parenti & Randall 2011:36 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:725 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2024:795 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Wetmorella tanakai Randall & Kuiter 2007. Labridae: Cheilininae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Komodo (Indonesia) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea. 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: Cheilininae. Habitat: marine.