Pteragogus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:451 Masc. Cossyphus opercularis Peters 1855. Type by monotypy. Type species preoccupied by Cossyphus opercularis Guichenot 1847; replaced by Pteragogus pelycus Randall 1981:82 [ref. 5447]. •Valid as Pteragogus Peters 1855 -- (Randall 1981 [ref. 5447], Richards & Leis 1984:544 [ref. 13668], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:701 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 1998:473 [ref. 23684], Randall 1999:3 [ref. 24041], Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3385 [ref. 26277], Allen et al. 2006:1410 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:158 [ref. 35285], Randall 2013:24 [ref. 32688], Fricke et al. 2018:291 [ref. 35805], Parenti & Randall 2018:22 [ref. 35964], Golani & Fricke 2018:129 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:237 [ref. 36673], Iino & Motomura 2022:[1] [ref. 39300]). Current status: Valid as Pteragogus Peters 1855. Labridae.