brevis, Epibulus Carlson [B. A.], Randall [J. E.] & Dawson [M. N.] 2008:477, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 2008 (no. 2); ref. 29634] Ngerikuul (Nikko Bay), off south shore of Bukrrairong Island, Koror, Palau. Holotype: BPBM 31438. Paratypes: Many at AMS, BPBM, CAS, FMNH, NSMT, USNM. •Valid as Epibulus brevis Carlson, Randall & Dawson 2008 -- (Parenti & Randall 2011:33 [ref. 31299], Allen & Erdmann 2012:665 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:227 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Epibulus brevis Carlson, Randall & Dawson 2008. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Central Indonesia east to Palau and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.