sexfasciatus, Halichoeres Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:18, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Holotype (unique): SMF 370. •Synonym of Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Dor 1984:204 [ref. 29757], Parenti & Randall 2000:25 [ref. 24943]). •Valid as Hemigymnus sexfasciatus (Rüppell 1835) -- (Kuiter 2010:356 [ref. 35285], Randall 2013:12 [ref. 32519], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Parenti & Randall 2018:17 [ref. 35964], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:126 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:90 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:213 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Hemigymnus sexfasciatus (Rüppell 1835). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen). Habitat: marine.