lineopunctatus, Paracheilinus Randall [J. E.] & Lubbock [R.] 1981:(20) 21, Pl. 1 (fig. B) [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 28 (no. 1); ref. 5544] Eastern side off marine laboratory of Univ. of San Carlos, Mactan Island, east of Cebu, Philippines, depth 15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 22506. Paratypes: AMS I.20696-001 (1); ANSP 140167 (1); BMNH 1979.1.4.3 (1); BPBM 22114 (6), 22447 (5), 22507 (1); CAS 42524 (1); MNHN 1978-0767 (1); USNM 219335 (4); ZUMT 54165 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:117 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Paracheilinus lineopunctatus Randall & Lubbock 1981 -- (Randall 1988:222 [ref. 14253], Kuiter & Allen 1999:120 [ref. 24141], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25148], Parenti & Randall 2000:34 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Allen & Erdmann 2006:14 [ref. 29404] as ineopunctatus [typo], Allen & Erdmann 2008:188 [ref. 29498], Kuiter 2010:113 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:707 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2016:55 [ref. 34238]). Current status: Valid as Paracheilinus lineopunctatus Randall & Lubbock 1981. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Apparently misidentifications from Taiwan and southern Japan [ref. 34238]. Habitat: marine.