| 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. | Randall, J.E., 2005 |
| Page | 413 |
| Named Used as Valid | Halichoeres melanurus |
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| Locality | Banda Islands, Indonesia. |
| Distribution | Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia, east to Tonga, Samoa Islands and islands of Micronesia. |
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