| Citation | Randall, J.E., 2005, Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands.. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. |
| Ref. | 54980 Randall, J.E., 2005 |
| Page | 396 |
| Named Used as Valid | Cheilinus fasciatus |
| Comment | Not in the Red Sea which is a misidentification of Cheilinus quinquecinctus (Ref. 117607). |
| Locality | Japan. |
| Distribution | Red Sea and east coast of Africa to the Samoa Islands and islands of Micronesia; in the western Pacific from the Ryukyu Islands to the Great Barrier Reef, Lord howe Island, and New Caledonia. |
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