| Citation | Randall, J.E., 2013, Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Hemigymnus.. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18. |
| Ref. | 93095 Randall, J.E., 2013 |
| Page | 6;fig.1,3,5-6;tab.1 |
| Named Used as Valid | Hemigymnus melapterus |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Japan |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific: Rde Sea, East Africa to Samoa; north to Ryukyu Is.; south to Australia. |
| Quote | Red Sea, coast of East Africa south to Mozambique, Madagascar, Réunion, and Mauritius, east in the Pacific to the islands of Micronesia and Samoa, north to the Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island and New South Wales; in western Australia north of Shark Bay. |