melanurus, Anampses Bleeker [P.] 1857:79 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1846.5.15.47. •Valid as Anampses melanurus Bleeker 1857 -- (Dor 1984:195 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:204 [ref. 6441], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:196 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:4 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:977 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3400 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:977 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:390 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1372 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:159 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:344 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:633 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:126 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2019:222 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:106 [ref. 36871] as cf. melanurus, Galbraith et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Anampses melanurus Bleeker 1857. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Central Indonesia east to Marshall, Marquesas and Society islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northwestern Australia, Coral Sea (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.