caritus, Lepadichthys Briggs [J. C.] 1969:464, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1969 (no. 3); ref. 7802] North tip of Mahé Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. Holotype: ANSP 111852. Paratypes: ANSP 111853 [not 11853] (1), USNM 247380 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:103 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Lepadichthys caritus Briggs 1969 -- (Briggs 1986:380 [ref. 5643], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Myers 1999:230 [ref. 23965], Briggs 2001:500 [ref. 25236], Hutchins 2001:3548 [ref. 26291], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Bray 2006:1575 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33932], Craig et al. 2015:122 [ref. 33898], Fujiwara et al. 2020:[16] [ref. 37337], Briggs 2022:442 [ref. 39965]). •Synonym of Lepadichthys lineatus Briggs 1966 -- (Fujiwara & Motomura 2021:77 [ref. 38729]). •Synonym of Rhinolepadichthys lineatus (Briggs 1966). Current status: Synonym of Rhinolepadichthys lineatus (Briggs 1966). Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae. Habitat: marine.