insularis, Bodianus Gomon [M. F.] & Lubbock [R.] 1980:106, Figs. 1-3 [Northeast Gulf Science v. 3 (no. 2) [for Dec. 1979]; ref. 8717] English Bay, Ascension Island [eastern Atlantic], depth 15 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1979.6.19.10. Paratypes: BMNH 1867.10.8.17-18 (2), 1879.5.14.29 (1), 1910.9.9.16 (1), 1927.12.7.72 (1), 1932.2.19.47-49 (3), 1965.12.1.96-97 (1, 1), 1979.6.19.11-17 (7); MNHN A-7413 (1), 1963-0224 (1); USNM 218885 (1), 218891 (1). •Possibly a synonym of Bodianus pulchellus (Poey 1860) -- (Motta-Neto et al. 2020:43 [ref. 37436]). •Valid as Bodianus insularis Gomon & Lubbock 1980 -- (Edwards & Glass 1987:654 [ref. 9166], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:869 [ref. 19219], Parenti & Randall 2000:5 [ref. 24943], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Gomon 2006:98 [ref. 28730], Kuiter 2010:29 [ref. 35285], Wirtz et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33516], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2745 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:174 [ref. 36444], Carvalho-Filho 2023:206 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus insularis Gomon & Lubbock 1980. Labridae. Distribution: Western-central Atlantic: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Brazil); southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island and Saint Helena Island. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.