caudalis, Pseudochromis Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:134 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 2 (no. 8) (art. 20); ref. 14680] Karachi, Pakistan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1898.6.29.75. •Valid as Pseudochromis caudalis Boulenger 1898 -- (Lubbock 1975:126 [ref. 7439], Lubbock 1976:169 [ref. 7350], Gill & Mee 1993:54 [ref. 21008], Gill & Randall 1994:16 [ref. 21600], Randall 1995:141 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Gill 2004:86 [ref. 27767], Gill & Zajonz 2011:9 [ref. 31637], Allen & Erdmann 2012:333 [ref. 31980], Eagderi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 37020], Gill 2022:134 [ref. 39748]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis caudalis Boulenger 1898. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Oman and Persian Gulf east to Myanmar. Habitat: marine.