furca, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:429, 477, Pl. 21 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5703 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:98 [ref. 19171], Bauchot et al. 1981:12 [ref. 21549]. Based on a figure and description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist); underlying specimen is holotype. •Synonym of Aphareus rutilans Cuvier 1830 -- (Dor 1984:136 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Aphareus furcatus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:118 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:81 [ref. 19754], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:167 [ref. 6441], Allen 1985:18 [ref. 6843], Winterbottom et al. 1989:35 [ref. 13251], Chen et al. 1997:80 [ref. 26476] dated 1802, Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Aphareus furca (Lacepède 1801) -- (Anderson 1986:572 [ref. 5634], Anderson 1987:8 [ref. 13770], Randall et al. 1990:177 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:183 [ref. 23929], Leis & Lee 1994:119 [ref. 21402], Goren & Dor 1994:36 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:120 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:177 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:144 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:263 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:15 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:829 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:252 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:13 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2854 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:829 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495] with 1802 as date, Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:85 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:196 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:242 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:379 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1193 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:247 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:60 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:444 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:259 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:84 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:239 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:39 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:193 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:89 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:150 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:444 [ref. 37272], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:228 [ref. 39746], Zajonz et al. 2022:133 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Aphareus furca (Lacepède 1801). Lutjanidae: Etelinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to northern Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga; eastern Pacific: Cocos Island (Costa Rica). Habitat: marine.