| Common name | Labre de la perdition |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | New Caledonia |
| Locality | Goro Zone; Islands of Pins |
| Ref. | Leblic, I. and M.-H. Teulières, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'Labre' from Latin 'labrum', i.e., lips; used for fish with thick lips and double dentition; also called 'vieille' and 'tourd' (p. 1064 in Ref. 11853); 'perdition', from Latin 'perdere', i.e., loss (p. 552 in Ref. 9404); refers to a species named from a specimen which nearly was lost when the boat carrying it was almost sank by a violent storm. |