praetextata, Julis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1834:712, Pl. 15 (fig. 4) [Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe" Zoologie, v. 3 (Pt 2); ref. 3573] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:72 [ref. 19171] as proetextata. Nomen protectum according to Parenti 2020:59 [ref. 37439]. •Valid as Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) -- (Randall 1986:692 [ref. 5706], Randall et al. 1990:314 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:132 [ref. 20996], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:314 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:194 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:410 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3429 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:408 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2006:551 [ref. 28807], Allen et al. 2006:1387 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:348 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:85 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2010:387 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:664 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:281 [ref. 35805], Randall & Victor 2022:195 [ref. 39916]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Mariana Islands, south to Western Australia, Norfolk Island (Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.