heteropterus, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1857:78 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1864.5.15.30 (1). The species epithet is treated as a noun in apposition. •Valid as Pseudocoris heteroptera (Bleeker 1857) -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:36 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1407 [ref. 29095], Randall & Walsh 2008:49 [ref. 29659], Shao et al. 2008:258 [ref. 29952], Kuiter 2010:323 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:713 [ref. 31980], Randall et al. 2015:6, 7 [ref. 33896], Fricke et al. 2019:237 [ref. 36673]). •Valid as Pseudocoris heteropterus (Bleeker 1857) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:210 [ref. 6441], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122]). Current status: Valid as Pseudocoris heteropterus (Bleeker 1857). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.