leucurus, Labrus Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:249 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated. No types known. •Valid as Hemiulis leucura (Walbaum 1792) -- (Kuiter 2010:269 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:198 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:21 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1391 [ref. 29095], Allen & Erdmann 2012:675 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:131 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:228 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum 1792). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.